The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-12-11 00:00:00

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THE LANDhD INTEREST OF IRELAND.

(PROM Tilt DUMAN ZeitNING POST.)
We shall be told, no doubt, by some of our readers,
that there is no Landed Interest in Ireland just now—
that Rents have ceased, and that even the Tithe is cdl•
hetet' with considerable difficulty. It will be added also,
th it the Irish Gentry have surrendered all their rights
and powers under the new Constabulary Bill. With
respect to the first position. it is perfectly correct to as-
mime, that few Rents due, last Lady bay, have been
paid. leis true, that tens of thousands of acres have been
thrown lip even within the last month, and that tenants
tire constantly flying from their leases, or availing them-
selves of the 'benefit of the insolvent Act, which, by a
provision, passed last Session, exonerates the tenant
from his lease. It is also true, that great difficulty be-
gins to be experienced in the colleation of Tithes; that,
in some cases, a non-resident Pluralist, who wrung
not. from his parish, is obliged to put up with a
thousand, and to issue distresses for the remainder.
But, still the Parsons are better off than the Proprietors
—The former gain something, the latter ate now getting
nothing. With regard to the third assertion, namely,
that the new Constabulary Act has abrogated, to all in-
tents and purposes, the resident Magistracy, see admit
the fact, and we do, we must say, rejoice in it. It is as
evident as the Sun, that the measure was forced on the
tiorernnient by toe inertness, corruption, or tyranny of
the Gentlemen, who have incurred the Royal displea•
sure, or the displeasure of the (loves nmcot. The dis-
missal of seven or eight hundred Magistrates will
have, ultimately, a good effect, and, really, if there
were any one thing more than another, whirls would re-
concile us to such an innovation of the British Consti-
tution, it is the conduct of these Magistrates relative to
this same Constabulary Bill. Their incompetence—not
to u..e a harsher word—was the cause of its enactment.
They resisted it but, no sooner had the Lord Lieutenant
the Act in his hand, but, like the Boyars of Moldavia,
they hastened to kiss the Ferman, and to surrender up
their rights as independent Country Gentlemen. We
know not that we ever read any thing so degrading to
tarn and Magistrates, as the conduct of the last Tippe-
'toy Meeting. It is well known we are by no means
inimical to Lord Dononghinore, or his Family—but,
sooner than act in the way that the Member for the
County of Tippercey did on the occasion, we would rat
the Resolutions which were so ostentatiously put into his
hand by the Chairman, in the presence of the County.—'
These Resolutions were in favour of the new Act. Ire
like the Act, but if we were Magistrates, we should feel
oureelvea degraded by its enactment. It is a curious
thing to see the high-spirited and thick•hlooded Gentry
of Ireland, deliver up their authority, all their leading
and hearing, to a Police Officer. But we are glad of
it. That Offi:er will do the business much better than
ever they did. He is paid by the Public, and to
the public, or the authorities constituted by the public,
lie will he only responsible. But as a class of men they
are gone—they are more immediately, mote completely
extinguished, than they impa, at the time of the Legis-
lative Union. Who pities Meru? They have no pity,
no feeling, no regard for themselves. They abused their
trust. Instead of protecting the poor, they were—hut
we shall restrain ourselves. They are degraded,
and they have publicly rejoiced in their degradation.
Theyhave oppfied for saute thousand places under the
view bill. Mr. Goalie/ern has several large volumes of
' applications. Let the Right lion. Gentlemau bind them
in calf, with proper gilding, and preserve theta in his
library as a memento of Irish pride. We hope and
treat, that Lord Wellesley will not do the busiuesa by
halves. Five or six hundred Magistrates are already
superaeticd, for which lie has the (banks of every honest
man. Let hint carry the measure through, and super-
virile the entire, and our gratitude shall be perennial. In
the mean time, we doubt whether the rents can be reco-
vered notwithstanding. We do not think, indeed, that
UM gentry are going the right way to work. But upon
thi, topic we beg leave to refer the reader to the thltal
Cage for some extracts from the two last Registers of
Mr. Cobbett, coutaiuing remarks on Mr. Weston's
pamphlet.

KiLlleleNtr, Dec. 4.—INSCHRSCTION ACT.—A Special
Sevi tus tinder the Insurrection Act was held at our
County Court-house on Monday. A pollee constable
WAS the only prisoner for trial. This man, whose duty,
one "would think, requires that he should " stroll
&nights," was sent in by Sir W. Coffee, for being absent
front Lome after sun-set. But Sir Wheeler, in contempt
,
se. the said Act, neither attended nor sent in informa-
tions against the prisoner. The Court accordingly ad•
urned to yesterday at eleven o'clock, but some time
before that hoar the police constable was sent home, no
charge alainst him having been furnished. Pretty things
these! The King' Counsel, J.S.Towasend, Fsq., ii ! mot
at.end. O. P. Bushy, Esq., Assistant Barrister,was present
both days. On Monday, as many Magistrates as abont
half a tithe of • Grand Jury were present. Yesterday,
they dispersed before the !nine to which they ieljourned,
and consequently before our reporter got down, but we
believe they did not amount to a quarter of the tithe of
thresame body. —(l4einster Journal.)
Oa Saturday last (anti we are told the same appear-
ance was obtie, veil for several days during the past week)
the mountains between Thoniastown and Waterford, anti
between this city and Wexford, were covered with snow.
Fur die preceding six or eight weeks, the a eatlor in
this quarter has been very unseasonable and inclement.
The rain was almost incessant, and it became quite lin.
possible to dig the potatoes, or to prepare or sow the
wheat lands. December has opened with beautiful wea-
ther. At least the working part of this week has set in
very favourably, and we trust every hand will be busily
employed ist tile country in getting in the potatoes, and
getting oat the seed a heat. We sly, getting in the po-
tatoes, for the earth is so saturated with water, and is so
clotted about the bulbs, that to pit them would be as
dangerous an operation as to leave them one day longer
than can be avoided in the wet ground aith the
,present
prospect of severe frost. if care be not taken to get up
the potatoes, and to bottle them carefully without delay,
abundant as the crop has been, there may yet he a scar.
• l:y of that valuable esculent before the next sestina.
Should the present weather hold for a month, the Calmer
will have no occasion to hold over his wheat fallows for
barley. Yesterday morning, the house tops and even
11. e streets of this city, were thickly powdered with hoar
frost, and all the pools and gutters were covered with
substantial ice. Winter appears to have set in steadily,
and again we repeat, not a moment ought to be lost in
getting the potatoes out of the ground, and working 010
land for %heat, as we have the promise of much snow.—
(Moo
Toe SEASON.—The quantity of rain which fell in this
city during the last Iwo tuonths, was greater, per-
hails, than ever fell in any similar period within the re•
collection of the oldest inhabitant. The latter part of
last year was UrICOt eeeee only wet, inasmuch that great in.
jury was done to the potatoe crops, both before they were
dug, and in the pits after that operation; yet in the
months of October and November of that year, the fall
of rain eras by no means so great as in those of the pre-
sent year. It appears from the Meteorological Kegister
kept at the ',loyal Cork Institution, that in Oct. 0121,
there fell but 2, 2-Ilhli inches of rain, and in Nov. about
5,4.10 th inches ; while the quantity in last October
amounted to neatly 8, 6-10th inches, and in Nov. to tie
idebes. The fall, however, in last December was, we
believe, unexampled, amounting to no less than nine
inches—about a fourth part of what usually falls in this
city throughout the year. Though there were some
heavy showers yesterday (lirtdoesday 4th instant), the