The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-05-02 00:00:00

STATE OF IRELAND.

To-night comes on the affair of the High Sherff of
Dublin. It is expected to branch out in all directions,
and to a great extent. In the meanwhile the Mao-
(tons WELLssLar, at whom a piece of a two penny rattle
was thrown by treason-committing hands, calls for a re-
newal of the Insurrection Act! Was this what Mr. William
Williams meant,wben,in the debate of Tuesday night, he
called eur affair the" envy and admiration of the world"
As lawyer, to be sure, he has a privilege to u•e this
phrase. Lawyers, Parsons, Placemen and Pensioners,
and Dead-Weight, and Fund People, have all this privi-
lege ; but, there are times for exercising it; and this ap-
pears to us not to have been one of those times. More
than sixteen hundred men imprisoned for poaching in
one year; a part of the people shut up in their Houses
from sun-set to sun-rise, and liable to be transported
without trial by jury : these things, not to mention many
other, might, one would think, restrain even a lawyer
from calling our affair the " cnry and admiration of the
world." Mr. BROVGHAM, in Wednesday's debate, gave
a ludicrous account of a book of M. de Chateaubriand on
the Engl:sh People and Parliament. False as that book
might be, it was not more false than the accounts of our
THING, which we send forth to the world. A tree
account of this THING ; a full and true account of it
would astonish the people of the Continent! And they
ought to have this account ; though, mind, they can never
leave it through the English press. But, they ought to
have it. Some one ought to give it them. Both of oar
factions do all they can to deceive Me world in this re-
spect. They are ready to tear each others eyes out ; but,
they unite in calling this country, in which they fatten.
" the classic ground of liberty." A list, merely a list
of Acts of Parliament, giving power to punish without
trial by Jury; a mere list of these would be of use.—
' But, what is wanted is, a full account of the trammels
in which an unprivileged Englishman lives. Such a.
work, translated into French, would do a great deal of
good in this world. It ought to show particularly,
how these trammels have been increased by our wars
" for the preservation of our happy Constitution is
" Church and State." Such a work mizht be entitled:
" The classic ground of liberty."

Paris papers to the 30th ult. have been received. The
latest information from the Army in Spain is the follow

TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH FROM PARIS, Artn.3o.
THE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR TO THE MAYOR OF CALAIS.

"We occupy Burgos since the 22d. Moralist Oudinot
has pushed his advanced guard on the roads of Armada and
Palencia• Our troops are every where received with proofs
of the highest satisfaction. General Molitor marched from
Tudela on the 2Sd fur Saragossa."

'l'he detailed into:ligence from Vittoria extends to the
25th olt. ; that from Figueras conies down to the 231--
The fifth and the ninth divisions of the fourth corps of the
army, ,and three Spanish battalions commanded by
D'Eroles, began on the latter day the blockade of Fi-
gueras. An officer with a Nag of truce was sent to 5.110
mon the garrison to surrender. The officer was received
without difficulty, and treated with respect ; but the IV-
coni which conies with the same mission, 'the Governor
intiinwes, will not be treated with the like civility. in
reply to the summons the Governor says, that he and the
garrison are resolved to bury themselves under the ruin