The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-04-30 00:00:00

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PARLIAMEN7'ARY JOIJIJING.

[itoat THE OMAN EVENINCI Km.]
It is very well known that, until ales'. few years;
the Irish Government was obliged to be carried on;
either by winking at the irob.inig System, or evea
by lending itself to the schemes of Parliamentary:
Traders. The trade, indeed, was a very profitable
one, for the Administration of the country could
not go on without purchasing up the votes. The
valuable consideration given for support in the
House of Common', where places could slot be had,
or could not be held, from the legal check which
'aided against the introduction of Placemen into
the Legislature, were Offices in the Revenue, the
Church, the Army, the Nary ; or; in some gross
instances, even money. Titus/ the entire machine
of Government was obliged to tie kept in order—
if we may prostitute the `term—by a widely eir.:
tended. schethe of corruption. No olefins), ancient
or modern, had so base and selfish a Parliament to
Ireland. The very system had at length worked
its own dissolution. The Members were absolutely
bribed to commit national suicide. They did corn.
mit—and the Union, which has brought so many mis.
fortunes on the country, and which, in its operation,
continues to be a perpetual source of impoverishment,
accomplished one salutary object. It diminish.
ell, if it did not altogether remove, the trade of
1 Parliament. The Minister does not find it any
longer necessary to bribe a Noble Lord or an lion.
Gentleman, with • promise of • place for himself or
his relations in the Church or State, as a ronsidera-
don for his vote. The Castle, we believe, is not now
teased with such numerous applications. The Gen.
tlemen cannot now bring their patriotism to so good
a market. In short, they are ;int wanted. On an
average, not one half of them are able to attend their
duty in Parliament daring any given Session. We
should like to see the calculation mottle, and it would
not be difficult to make it out. We are convinced
that we are above the mark when we say, that no
Session has witnessed more than 50 Irish NlembArs in
attendance. Why so? The thing is nett an pro.
fitable as formerly. The good folk can find no pro•
fitable mart for their stray votes, and they stay at
home.
We bete heard more than one instance of repulse
which the •• Patriots" have recently eaperienced.:--
A Noble Lord, high in office, begged a place in the
Revenue for an humble friend. lie was refused with
a gentle hint that he should be content with the
emoluments of the high office which he held. The
Noble Lord had the candour to arknowbnlge the
justice of the refusal, and even to give credit to the
Secretary of the Lord Lieutenant for his cooduct.—
Not so—another Noble Lord in a great Southern
County. lie wanted a Benefice--a Living for some
relative or retainer—he received a point-black
His Lordship was very wroth, and determined to tura
Patriot forthwith. It wig rather late. Toe tube in.
terest which will now, perhaps, only defeat a Mi.
nisterial Candidate, might have prevented the Union.
However, we wish his Lordship avery success in hit
new and extraordinary refutation. We shall beglarl
of his disappointment and chagrin, if it shall be the
means of tiling an honest and independent Member
to the House of Commons.
Hot though the system is on the decline, we hap.
pen to know an occasion in which it hat been re-
cently practised with success. We give it pithily
and briefly :
An Attorney. in a Western County, gave a con•
sidetable sum of money to a i'ort Collector, who
was enabled to retire on a pension of sly or seven
hundred a year. 'the Attorney was recommended to
the place, and invested with the duties, and the
salary, end emoluments thereunto belonging. It is
worth, the knowing ones say, from 3001. to 10001.
a year. 'this was accomplished by a Ministerial
Candidate—though it is hut candid to own, that Go.
veroment were kept completely in the dark es to the
traffic. Some hints, however, have been recently
dropped in the proper quarter, and we rather think
that at this moment the parties implicated begin t*
reel rather uncomfortable. More anon.

NA VAL INTELLIGENCE,

• Dr.AL, APRIL 29.—Came down from the Riser
end sailed, the Ann, .1 hompson, for Habra* ; Duke
of York, Weller, for Jamaica ; Swallow, Phillips,
for New Orloalts; Broihers, Jenkinson, for Quebec;
Foe, Brand, for Oporto._ Remain the Spanish
squadron of transports ; they are detained by con-
trary winds.—Pie Moffatt, Lee, from Bengal, is
working np, and Wilt be in the Downs this tide.
Five o'CLocs.—Arrived, the Sir Andrew Ilam.
mond, Bristow, from the South Seas.
PORTSSOPTII Aram 'N. —Arrived the Essex,
from got rdeaus, for London.—Sailed the
Queen, transport, for Cork; Christopher, Snell, for
Jamstat ; end Doke of York, Finley sou, for Lott.

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FA MOUTH,. APRIL 27.—Sailed the Richmond,
Clarke; and Adventure, Stokes, for London.
HARWICH, APRIL 29.—Sailed the Prince of
Orange packet, with Mails, &c. for Holland; and
Castlereagh packet, with ditto, for Cu:haven.
LIVERPOOL. APRIL 28.—Arrived the Essex,
Walker, from Pernambuco. She sailed on the 6111
March ; on the 22d inst. hi 10.48 21. long. 39. 27.
the was boarded by a ship and a brig under Spanish
colours, which plundered, her of water, arms, stores,
&a. The ship mounted 20 guns, with 140 men, and
the brig mounted 12 gene, with 120 men.—Also tr•
rived, the Boston, Finlay, from Savannah. Sailed.
the 20th March, in company with the Active, Brown,
for. Liverpool. The Liverpool packet sailed six days
before.--Also arrived, the W.l'. Johnson, Gillies,
from Philadelphia. On the 28th March, in lat. 38.
49. long. 55. 48. spoke the Scipio, from Liverpool
far Virginia. On the Bth April, in lat. 40. 40. long.
36. 36. spoke the ship Ann, from, Boerdeaus for
Baltileore.—Also arrived, the Jolty, Rolstone, from
Listen ; sailed the 13th inflict. The Catharine,
Monroe, sailed on the 11th inst. for this port; on the
15th instant, its lat. 40. '22. long. 11. 14. spoke the
Malcomb cutter, (or Terserille.—Also arrived, the
Phonies Lowe, from Charleston. Sailed the 22d
March ; on the 'l7th, in lat. 84. 60. long. 65. 53.
spoke the ship Phocioo, ---, from. Wilmington for
Bristol ; on the 7th Wet. in lat. 43. 3. long. 40. 43.
spoke the Dahlia Packet, from Dublin fts
New York.