The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-12-12 00:00:00

VOY4GIi OF DISCOPERr.

Accounts have been received at Plymouth by Cie
ship Dick. lately arrived from India, from his Majes-
ty's brig Bathurst, Capt. King. employed is examin-
in4 the unexplored coast of Australasia. dated off
aiulburn Island, on the north coast of New Holland,
the 6th of July last, the ship Dick kutl brig St. An-
tonio then in company, which the Bathurst bad pi-
loted from Port Jacksauon their way to India, through
a most intricate and dangerous navigation, in which
the latter lust two anchors. At the date of the letter
they bad been out six weeks from Port Jackson,
three weeks whereof they bad berg 'sailing
among coral reefs of frightful appearance. and
were obliged to anchor every night wherever they
could find shelter, not daring to proceed after san-set,
having had many narrow eseapeseves in die day-light,
but were, at the period before-mentioned, entirely clear
of that dreadful coast. They lost their two anchors
and cables under Caring Cross Island, at eleven le.at. on
the 30 h of Jew. and nothing bat the tido, which,
fortunately set to windward% kept than clear of the
dangers which surrounded theta on evety side; and
the weather being so exceedingly bad at 62 time, their
escape was a miracle.
Mr. P. Baskerville, et ?Iyosouth, e midshipman of
the Bathurt, was sent on shore with a party on the

eastertinsottisland of Flisder's to._
pose picking up any part of the wreck,
deride, which bad been lost there, ,
encountered by a large party of the natives. who col
'silenced a horrible shoot, which proved the signal !t
engage, and they commenced by throwing a shoot
of spears with great agility, by whii-li two _of k
party were wounded. The Batisnrst's people being
unarmed, could make no other resistance than by de-
fending themselves with stones, while' a part of dem
;were immediately dispatched in the boat in artier to
procure ere arms from the ship; the satire!.
seeing the transaction, took the opportutety,
i re o
while the boat was absent, to attack those left on
s
• more violently, and Mr. Batherville and his little ity
were surrounded and made prisoners. lloweve no
attempt was made to take their lives after the caplets.
and on the return of the boat. through artifice, they
again joined their comrades, bet shortly afterwards
the natives came down in greater numbers, and again
attacked the party, who being now armed, gave them
a volley, that occasioned them to scamper nfr is all
directions, leaving two on the ground wounded, bit:
they soon after got up and escaped. and no others ap-
peared while the Bathurst remained there.

STATE OF' 111 E 144,N0,
[sense THE DUBLIN EVENING PONT OF Beilv 6.1
There are not warty features of interest to add to.
the picture we have already drawn of the state. of.
Ireland. We mentioned in our last, that a morder had
been committed in the County of Roscommon. The
statement turns out to be but too correct. it is said,
however, in most of the accounts which we Irate
seen, that this murder is in on isolated and unconnect-
ed fact—that it has no relation to the system now in
progress, &c. &c. We can believe, and do credit. this
statement to a certain extent—we can believe, for in:.
stance, that the perpetrators of this wicked act had
so communication with the rioters in Limerick. or
with the assassins of the Sheas--that it was sot the
consequence of any orders issued by a secret conclave,
or of any determination, come to by the Peasantry of
Roscommon. In a word, that it was an act of private
malice.
But as this consideration does not alter the nature
of the crime, or diminish the guilt of the criminals,
so neither will it go .to prove, that there may be no
community of design. There is no concurrence of
action and coiniminity of f. eling between the
Peasantry of the. West and tlo.se of the South. On
the contrary, the prevalence of the snme conduct, and
the commission of the saute class of crimes, demon-
strates, if not an understanding, a complete sympathy
among the parties. Except in Turkey, or in a wan-
try writhing under Mai dal Law, there is nu nation in
Europe that, within a limited space of time, and within
the compass of a circuit comparatively small, which
has esbibitesl so many instances of outrage and cruelty,
as oar own: It is with feelings of great 4;li:wiener,
and almost of self abatement, that we are compelled
,to make this acknowledgment; but, for the sake of
justice andfutirrily, we ore compelled to make it.
It it Sai. by suppression-4. La sot by flbeisinfS Or"
circumstances like these, or by attempts to under-rate
the magnitude of the evil, or to extenuate its character,
that we can hope to arrive at a radical• rare for the poli-
tical evils which have generated these crimes—evils, out
of which the present difficulties have grown, and to which
they may all easily and clearly be traced. Our great dic-
tum is this, that these crimes are the natural and neces-
sary results of the present condition of society in Ireland;
and as a collary from that proposition, we maintain, that
until this condition be meliorated. there will be no per-
manent peace in the country. The associations are local,
but the nature of the localities is general. 'fillies,
rack-rents, agricultural dietress, prevail in Connaught
and Leinster as well as in Munster. The population
has overflowed its channel in every Province In Ireland :
and it is not until the angry waters have flooded the ad-
jacent vallies that the discomposing nature of the ele.
'trent was understood. Labitur et labetur et labeler
ontme 6olnbilis ocean:. This is true of rivers, perhaps,
but, notwithstanding the authority of the poet, it is not
true of man. The tide of population will sometimes sur-
mount its banks; and the flood before its ravages cease,
must find a keel.
Some considerations, like these, must occupy the
minds of our Statesmen, when they are looking for as
adequate remedy for the disorders to which this Country
is now a prey. It will not be sufficient to go to the proxi-
mate causes, they mast descend to the root before they
can eradicate the evil. They may close the cicatriee,
but they will not heal the internal wound by topical ap
plications alone. The constitution of Society is shattered
To suspend the Constitution of the State will not be
found, we will venture thus early to predict, sufficient to
restore titre body politic to moral health.
Yet we learn with a sentiment of indignation,- *lath
is only kept down by contempt, that a set of men in
the City of L ndon, calling themselves the hick
Interest, were to meet at some public Tavern, fut the
purpose of discussing the affairs of this Country, and
of applying to Government for the speedy application
of rigorous measures. How cordially do we despise
and detest there vigorous heroes! Oh ! it is one thing
to be very vigorous in a Tavern and a Speech, and
another to be very vigorous in the Counties of Lime-
rick and Cork. It is one thing to vapour about pro-
perty, and the feebleness of Government, and an-
other anal a different thing quite, to defend that pro-
perty in person, and to support that Government by
co-operation. It is one thing to speechify about the
immorality of the Lower Orders, and another to exert
yourself personally fur the inelioratiou of those Lower
Orders. You draw tens and hundreds of thousands
of pounds from the labour, from the blood and sweat
of those Lower Orders. and you subscribe your twenty •
or fifty pounds to a Bible Society, or to a So4lety for
discountenancing Vice ; and you conclude, that yusr
miserable mite to an useless and absurd scheme, is a
sufficient return fur the obligation which you oie to
those Lower Orders. You expend the produce of
their labour. you may call it• of your land. if it de-
lighted' you to talk of acres. in riot and ostentation,
in routs and racketing* at•Newmarket, or at Alma',
in the Gambling Musts, or even at worse resorts; and
when you learn that your conduct is producing its
natural. its inevitable consequences, the Absentee
Club associate in a room, and • spout common places,
which they call the politics of Ireland. Is it endurable

sgs should
as advice
their County
their backs upon her—they despise, they trample upon
and injure her by every means In -Chet power
She enables them to Nippon their equipages, their
studs, their stables. ,their cellars. The half-starving.
and half-clad peasants supplies them with their means
of riot—with the food for their dissipation. What is
the return ? In their cups they make a jest of him and
et his country; and, when their purses are pinched.
(they turn round sod attack him like a tiger. We cot-
reel ourselves. A tiger fights in person ; these
heroes are content to shoot by deputy.
Bat what would these absentees have The Insur-
rection Act. Let them come over, then, and execute
; let them, in their capacity of alagistratee, aCCOII3.
'pany the Colonels and Captains of bit Majesty's army I
in their nocturnal excursions and their bivouacs; let
these big nobility and gentry come home ; let them
'ride and run. speechify and resolve,. at Newcastle mod
Mewmarket, Desmond and Middletbird, and show an
example to the little residents• that remain behind. If
it were not solely on their own accounts—if these roa-
ds confederacies bad not a tendency to spread—if :he
,fire could be confined to Ircoligon's mansion alone,
we really should recommend our home-bred Trojansi
Ito let the mansion burn, seeing that the mower is not
lifting a leg., or raising a bucket, to pat out the times.
'Weald to Hod that this could be safely permitted-
4rould to Ood that the estates of the absentees alone
were to suffer I
twould,., in such an event, be a con-
notation to the country to see them all beggared and
!ruined. But, since this elinnot be she case, their
mtateeshould be obliged to pay in kind for what the
,masters of these estates refuse to pertovm in person ;
they shosid be sequestrated to the public use, and
their proceeds should be made available to the politic
wants. We bave touched upon this rtrbject before,
and, really. the more we consider it, the 011tre we feel
persuaded of injustice and of its necessity.
In the mean time, Uoverninent appears to be as ac-
tive as their meant and powers will permit them to
be. We have already said that the Yeonian Captains
'of Dublin are desired to inspect the effective swept;
of their respective Corps. Several Corps in the North
are already put on permanent tinty. On the policy,
however, of this nicasnre we have already expressed
our opinion.
The public feeling on this subject continnes very
strong. sad for our own parts we have not altered our
sentiments. We think airy other force would be pre-
ferable. Our opinion is grounded upon the ergs-
! aunts we have already stated, and which were parti-
cularly set forth in Captain Winder's letter to the
Editor of the Armagh Paper. In the North there
'corps have been the hot beds of party fends and politi-
cal distinctions. We perceive, however, that several
of these corps are called out. and Colonel Blaeiier, we
understand, is upon the point of setting out for the
North, as he is only waiting fur the arrival of Sir
George Hill. his principal, from the country. We hope
'and trust that Colonel Blacker will act strictly on the
Injunction ind admonition of the' King. and that all
petty emblems will be laid aside, all party tunes pro-
hibited. 1411 word. we hope that _be will not suffer
the accursed elements of Orangeism to exhibit thew
selves at this crisis. We would impress upon this
Henderson, and upon the country, the pernicious, the
dangerous tendency of such a feeling at present. The
peace of the country may depend upon the turn which
this matter will take. The North of Ireland, which
halt, hitherto, manifested so creditable an exception
to the general state of the country, South and East,
will, most assuredly, if tilt Yeomanry of Armagh and
Derry pursue their old tricks, involve Ulster in a
scene of disorder, not similar in its origin or cause,
but equally troublesome and dangerous. As the thing
is done, however. we have no disposition to follow the
topic up, but we should feel that we deserted our duty,
if we did not give this serious warning to Colonel
Blacker, and the Yeomanry of the North.

PRICE OF STOCKS TH
Sank Steck
per Ceet.Re4 77fle
psi Cent.Cea.
$4l per Cast 871
4 per Cents. 981:e
b pot CUM'',
Spoor Coat.
Lee!, Ael 193-101
Insp. S per Cies. 71
Irish • per Cent.

DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
India Stook
DlttoDose.---s 137.. Ns. pn
South Sea Stock
south Kos Old Ann.
Et mu 2d. 10001 Is. dis. par
-SO(L par Is. pm I dim
----Small par 21. pm.
India for ditto
Coo. far Awl 771 9 71
Lots.T.ekets Ot. 0..

Lau WATIti AT Lommi-ea Mat TO-MORROW.
Morass 30 a. alter -b.—e Everting 19 rola. after 3. ..-..

LONDON:
WIDNISDAT gvionse. DiCgXl3tle 12, 1321.

STOCK EXCIIANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
Yesterday the funds continued the whole of the day
without any fluctuation. This morning they have
taken a trivial start in consequence of a report. that
an express has arrived from Paris with some favourable
information. Consols are 77 1 buyers.

Boston papers arrived this morning to the 21st of
November, and Quebec papers to the 12th of Nevem
ber, front which we extract the following
:
[Crest TUE NEW YORE GAZETTE, NOV. 13.]

DRIADFUL WHIRLWIND.

Oa Saturday morning last, about one o'clock. the
inhabitants of Heliam Township were visited with the
most destructive tempest. It resembled those torna-
does which, about two months ago, made such havoc
in souse of the New England States. None but those
who witnessed its fury can form a just idea of its
power. A great quantity of rain fell at the same lime.
A totter from Bums Ayres states, that Lord Coch-
rane will pay a visit to the Portuguese in the B.azils.
The Batavia journals of the let of liar, gives the
account of a terrible earthquake. which to.k place on
the South coast of Celebes. It did immense damage at
Bocisehembla. when the sea rose several times to a
prodigious height. A letter from the /lawsuits!' states,
that the Ambulates there were highly gratified by the
appear's.* of a vessel of war, to rowel} their pro

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; and piracy was considered as suspended sad
,cis sailed with considerable confidence.
THE REVENUE.
The National Intelligencer of Saturday states, as ott
evidence that the Revenue will not fall short, if it
In not exceed the estimate of the Secretary of the
Treasury, for 1821, that the Revenue of the City ee
New York, for the three first quarters of the proton
'year has very considerably exceeded that of the cot:1
responding quarters for 1820.

ltstelaamdridt
bidaersastotohnesbo, OuCe:
independence,Sr.l4l9 .nle.a—rNilebwe
'killed upwards of twenty resent
MONTREAL, arrivals it, Nov. 10.—By our last ' ap:
;pears that the hopes of our merchants were rather toe
'sanguine, with respect to the prices of flour in • Big.'
.land,
and so certainty can be calculated fess the
report. The want of shipping will be themes •
drawback upon the profits of dealers.
__--ome---- '•
There have been no fresh arrivals from pub
I.:
.day,
up to the time our paper went to pm; to is
one of the additional journals which have essettei Is .
since our last,. we find a circumstance meatiosef sn'
lative to she state of parties in the Chamber of Daps ,
ties, which is stated to deserve publicity. it le as-.
'cried that most of the Deputies who sit in that divi-
sion of the Chamber which is designated theleft mum
and amongst whom ranks M. Ternaux, the great me.*
turfactnrer, have 'lettered to those of their Heassuraile
friends, who for one of the elements of the
majority, that upon questions of legislative sallied
t-v,
these will never he • difference of opinion benne.
them: but whenever they have to treat of as shirts.
'they of seniment than opinion, and of question is
,which the dignity of the Throne may be interested„ther
should be compelled to separate their votes from them.
It is rumoured that the first cosnmunication ofllinisters
to the Chambers will have for its object the domed d
six•twelfths provisionally, which is rendered neresuri
by the expiration of the law of
,Finances, and tie
delay of the Chamber in proceedinz to business after
,the opening of the present Session. The Aura l&
.des Delete, under the London head, says—'l The
. (English) Journals have pkblished some details of
! what took place in the Secret Committee of the Claw
her of Deputies." Then follows a blank with are
Terence to a note of the Editor, at the bottom of * 1
column, which says, " The. Chatnher net having as. t
theorised the publication of tie proceedings of she
Secret Committee, we did not think that we should be
allowed to translate these details front the English."
• No fresh light isthrownon the stale of she Regat
n
don between Russia and the Porte. The cause of do
me;
Cheeks is stated to improve, but new disorders haw
taken place at Smyrna. Three hundred Ca
(Tn rkish soldiers) have massacred snore dna 30
in the streets, and have assailed the Palace of duffel:"
vernment. The Janissaries came out armakatel a
terrible combat took place between them aid theOlis .
diets. The Commanders of the French awl Eighth
vessels interfered, and a great number of Table
soldiers, who commensal the fray, have been comigmi
over to the French Commander to be transported et, ,
Candia for trial.
The intelligence from Portugal through the Pariti .
journals is superseded by that we have received
;
rect, whirls will be found in another column The
only additional news from bladrid is that the G.
berets there have not been backward in addreoist
the Kiag to dismiss his lissisters, nor delicate is
the language they employed. In the commute.
went they state that they approach the Coati*,
tional Throne with the respect and suhmissieelfet
is due to Isis Majesty, but also with all the dips
becoming free uses. After intimating to his hisjettle
it is Hine that be deigned to look with Mame
upon a people by whom he .reigned, they 0
him plainly that the nation beholds, svith psioollo.
scandalous conduct of the Administration of Jese
the estraordinary sett which is manlfeeted 100 -
cial proceedings against the partisans of the eV
institutions; the impunity of the adios of .01,
who deserve only the execration of the cogs
the dismissal of Magistrates who, hjt their woe
ty aud devolion to the constitution. I 'Meet' hi".
conciliated the public esteem ; thee nonsinatios 0
the abettors of tyranny to plArrs in the jediestmet
the breaking of military chiefs, du snort attach'
ed to the fundamental code of the Mooted+
e the lank
and to the unjust persecution of
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Bier, who restored liberty to the country
is Oa'
Among other bold passages in the si'dress .
•a Oat
lowing, " Recollect, Sire, the immense sscrsavus
01
the Spanish nation has made for you ; this Wipe,
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le
great and generous, which, abandon. d "
by re. "itii
conquered by her own efforts, plc 41 oa Yew
Ow*"
that Owen, which she might hare ! ices to
recollect that it was she that ewe acipated yvs
the prisons of an enemy, to rep lace yes lie •
throne of your ancestors ; and that it is to he's Or
less efforts that you owe all that you are.
flectombat tee who have proclaim d ye
Kig IP
A 1 twe iterel
that we are not your patrimony. 0 1•• Lis i
be victims of the sacrilegious pact I Jetween the stuff"

Irony."

Froth the announcement in It.st night's Glotti(
the appointment of the Margot ens Wct.asst. tt "II
Vice regal office in Ireland, wt might esp. et s
if
-ra in the anode of managing I ~at gasman turd
the United Kingdom. Wt re the 'yew a el
.tis Lordship's own, wish:mkt; 1 with the OW
had been previously pursued• mid..llllobitr lict°ll

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pek. for die diet *gilts silt Q( being
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whets they weE They bete aelertell the
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