The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-12-26 00:00:00

IRISH 4DMINI

The talkers at the Meeting at the West of Eng-
land and Bath Agricultural Society last week, ap-
peared fully as wise and well-informed as the Wiseacres
at Lewes.
The prohibition, of the importation of fo-
reigh corn into our ports, was as usual the only subject
thought worth notice., Not a word on the necessity of
repealing duties which bow down the farmer, the la-
bourer, or the artisan ; not a word about smearing
articles of the first necessity. No, no! The fanners
oust learn some new method of raising the wind besides
raising crops of corn. No relief from the first Lord of
the Treasury, although he was present at the dinner
aid made a speech ; or if a farrago of unmeaning flum-
mery may be called a speech, we assure his Lordship
all the speeches either he or the Noble Chairman ever
made, will not do the farmer one farthing's-worth of
good; nor will any measure whatsoever but a fall in
the rents, and an abolition of taxes. A gold currency is
not to be played with. Fulsome jargon answered when
the guinea al as worth Vs. 6d. ;
but now that good
meat is at 3d. a pound, and good wat 421. a quarter,
their Lordships must be either very ignorant or very
stupid, if they think they'll find ten men of com-
mon sense and of independence in England to hear
them out. It is mere nonsense to attempt to amuse
the people with what they know to be founded
in error. It is therefore 'giving a further proof
of how little the people of England have to ex-
pect from those quabks, or their speechifying medi-
cines. The Noble Chairman. the Marquess of LANs-
DOWN, has immense estates in the COUNTY or Keane:
On the expiration of his leases he never renews, except
when they have been let at rack-rents; and at the
present moment the IRISH NEWSPAPERS tell us that
auction sales of his tenants cattle, corn and sheep were
held weekly, until at last they found so few perehasers
that the Noble Marquess had them bought in for his
own special use. Indeed, we have known the
system adopted by his Lordship's father oo his
Irish estates little better, and we regret to say
it is not singular in that unfortunate country.—
We don't hesitate to tell this Noble Chairman and his
Noble visitor, that, until the tax on leather, soap,
candles, malt, and every other tax, direct or indirect,
that bears upon the Agricultural Interests are repealed,
they CANNOT GET TIIEIR RENTS. nor Tim FAIRER
ins LIVING. We know they'll attempt another year's
trial : so much the better. The sooner will that re•
form be effected which seems so much to be dreaded ;
but, in spite of all the speeches, and meetings and so.
cieties, the thing is coming. They are hurrying te
measure as fast as they can ; the more the people are
oppressed, the more likely they are to be relieved, or,
according to the OLn PHRASE, " when times are at the
wo. st, they must mend."

In another column of our paper 'will be found the
proceedings at a Literary Meeting in the city of Here-
ford, on 'fuestlay* the I Sth inst., forming so strong a
contrast to the Public Meeting in honour of Mr. Matz,
held but a few days ago in the same city, that we
realty are at a loss to account for so amazing a differ-
ence in the same people. The one meeting. evincing
the hest and most honourable feeling of our nature,
gratitude for public services,—the other, a blind, per-
smu.ting spirit of bigotry, quite unworthy of the times
in which we live.
We strongly suspect that these Literary Worthies
are, many of them, of the Hole and Corner genus—
whose deeds of darkness seldom get public notoriety
but by stealth. How they came to be so forward on
this occasion, we know not,—but we most heartily
rejoice that, now-a-days. books onig can be burned to
ashes with impunity. Had these gentlemen the same
power which existed a few centuries ago, the authors
the».selves, as well as their works, would probably
have been committed to the flames.
Thanks to the knowledge and spirit of the times,
and the gigantic powers of the press,—such things are
now `‘ Tales of the olden World,"—to be read and
wondered at.

The Mail from Dublin due to day had not arrived
when our paper went to press. In our other columns
we have extractea • from the journals previously re-
ccived, some articles of interest which our want of
room bad compelled us to postpone.

The Allgemeine Zietung of Dec. 13, contains the
following article, dated Vienna, Dec. 10 :—The Rus-
sian and Turkish outposts on the Prth have had
souse skirmishes, but which have not led to any
thing
bellow'. The troops of the two nations merely observe
each other. ' • P"'

(FROM Tit DUBLIN *MUMS POST, tn. 224
We ban had to battle with several of oar contem-
poraries on the amens causes, and extent of the dis-
turbances in the South of Ireland. We have had to
bear the fire of that part of the Dublin press which is
under the infinite of the Castle; we have had to
encounter the exaggerations dour Provincial brethren
—the abuse of some, and the scepticism of more. In-
stead of having a political•object in view (regariing
the word political in its popular 'acceptation,) we have
contended that the causes were local ; that the griev-
ances of the tenantry, and the' exactions of tithes,
operating upon great .distress, upon a great popula-
tion, and upon the immoral habits generated by these I
were amply sufficient to account for the disturtances.l
We maintained, that these disturbances would long 11
since have been crushed, if, the gentry performed a
two-fold duty : First, by associating, and by activity;
and in the next place, by removing several causes of
oppression to which the poor, particularly of Lime-
rick, have justly reason to complain.
But it is on the subject of the Insurrection Aet
that we have had the fiercest struggle. The Press in
Dublin, the Gently in the Country, have raised al-
most a deafening clamour on this subject. Force !
force '. The power of transporting without a Jury !
The power of domiciliary visits; racketings; deivings ;
nocturnal inclusions ; taking up, with or without in-
formation; this is what the Gentry sought, and, we
regret to see, are still seeking; and this is what we
constantly opposed, and shall continue so to do.
The result of the Special Commission, as far as it
has proceeded, justifies our " fore-gone conclusion."
Nothing has been elicited from any of the culprits,
who have been tried, that goes, in the remotest degree,
to prove the existence of a treasonable association.—
Ten persons have already been tried. The result of
the tritili [and of this the reader may easily satisfy
I himself by a perusal of our paper) demonstrates the
justice of most of the observations which we have
I felt it our duty to offer on this subject. We are Batts-
' fled that these trials make out our case completely ;
but as in matters of this kind, the argument ad very
eutediam, will have greater weight with many persons
than the most rigid deduction from facts, we beg leave
to subjoin the opinion of Mr. Justice Moore; it is
taken from his charge to the Grand Jury of the City
of Limerick, delivered on this day se'nnight :
" He (Judge Moore) knew it was the opinion of many
that the laws were not sufficiently strong; but be would
say to such persons, " try the means in your bands at
present, and see what effect will arise from them."
Again,
"Others may cry out for strong measures; but if the
present laws are enforced with vigour, no insurgents
can stand before its (Government's) power. The law is
sufficiently strong to reach the root of the evil."
Now, our Readers will do us the justice to acknow-
ledge, that this is the tone we have constantly held—
that these are the topics with which we have almost
wearied the public ; and yet, in the face of this autho-
rity, in the face of reason and common sense, the Gen-
tlemen of the South are still invoking the protection
of the Insurrection Act. At a Meeting of Magis-
trates and Landowners at Skibberna, in the Condi
of Cork, Lord Bantry recommended a reduction of
Rents, as one of the most effectual means of tran-
quillising the country. There was no answer to his
Lordship's Speech ; but the Meeting, it should seem,
thought the most summary mode of suppressing the
disturbances would be, the re•enacting of the !weer-
rection Act. We hope and trust that the Gentlemen
of Skibbereen will be disappointed. It is with great
pleasure we revert to a Meeting in another part of
the same county, in which Lord B.endoo proposes, in
our opinion, another and a better method of main-
taining the peace of the country—namely, associate
and " to exert their energies " to preserve the tran-
quillity of their
_ _

All the gentlemen to whom application was mak
by the Corporation of Kendal to accept the office c)
Capital Burgesses have declined the invitation.—
(Westmorland Gazette.)
hianalo, Dec. 10.—You will doubtless have been
informed ere this reaches you, that Mina has yielden
obedience to the orders of Government, and that af-
fairs have been satisfactorily settled in Galicia : thanks
to the firmness and good conduct of the Political
Chief. You will read in The Universal the excellent
report to the Cortes, and the discussions is that As-
sembly respecting the recent troubles at Cadis and
Seville ; nothing can be more satisfactory and censti-
tutional than the principle which they recognise and
enforce. The general result of the election of the
members of the new Cortes has now been ascertained,
and is very constitutional: the only province from
which the returns are yet incomplete is Catalonia. where
there is no doubt of their being excellent. h-
To the
general surprise, the returns from Seville (notwit
standin the late proceedings) have proved good : but
those frog m Cadis are, as might at this time be expected,
not so satisfactory.
A Bordeaux paper mentions the intended establish-
meat of a lozarette at Pauillic, to preserve the inha-
bitants of that department from the attacks of the
yellow fever.
The Correctional Tribunal of Marseilles, on the
11th of December, tried Capt. Quoniam. accused by
the public prosecutor of having trafficked in negroes.
He was condemned to the confiscation of his ship and
cargo, and to the forfeiture of his occupation.
Dr. Kees, Counsellor of the Supreme Tribunal o
inf
Leipsic, who died there lately, was the richest -
dividual in that city. His property is valued at three
million Saxon crowns.
The zodiac of Denderah left Marseilles for Paris
on the 13th instant. It was placed on a chariot with
four wheels, constructed expressly for the purpose.
The Egyptian granite columns presented by his
Majesty to the British Mumma, are now removing
from the Court-yard in the front of the building, to,
make room for the pedestal on which the status of tile
late Sir Joseph Banks is to be placed.
Coale-Excaarson, Dec. 26.—We bad scarcely any.
Willie's doing at oar market this morning, hav-
ing had no arrivals since Monday, and the priers
of all grain may be considered the same as on that
day. for all the corissiners bold off purchasing,
until the arrival of the eipeeted fleet from the Nor-
folk and Suffolk coasts, which will be very Mid.
derable when the wind chops.

It having bees pretty generally Insinuated, that the
siosirelval of the fsarrection Act, which expired
Orli; Mr. Grant's Secretaryship. contributed mainly
to his recall ; we are happy to have good authority for
believing, that that Act was permitted to expire with
the full concurrence of the Ministry, and even at the
suggestion of Mr . Grant's Predecessor in Office. From
the same source we are strongly induced to believe, that
the circumstances connected with Alderman James's
dinner, may be confidently referred to as the master-
cause of the present changes of Administration in Ire-
land. The list of twists intended to be given on that
occasion, are reported to have been submitted to the
head of the Irish Government, for his approval, when
he excused himself from entering upon the politico con-
vivial cridclsm,by saying, that he was the Lord Mayor's
guest ; and, therefore, left all such arrangements to his
entertainer. It is further added, that on the list having
been shown to Mr. Grant, he expressed his surprise at
a toad introduced therein, that had been omitted at the
civic dinner, which had been honoured with the pre-
sence of the Sovereign ; and further stated, that he
must, is consequence, decline accepting of alderman
James's invitation.—lt is also understood, that Lord
Sidinotals, in a communication on the subject of the ob-
noxious teut, intimated, that its revival was looked up-
on by him, as a direct contravention of the parting in-
junction of the King ; and such a one as would, per-
haps, produce as explicit expression of the displeasure
of his Majesty.

FALSE REPORTS.—" A great number of Country
people; we learn, assembled-a day or two since, tumul-
tuously, on the Glebe-land of bunshauglin, County
Meath, at MW-day, and were dispersed by Lord rin-
gall and a strong party of Military."—(Pitriot So-
:medal last.)
There is not one word of truth in this " tumultuous
thing." There was no assemblage—no Military. and
Lord Fingall remained quietly at Killeen Castle.—(9l/1,-
/in Evening Post.)
BOARD or AGRICULTCRS.--A correspondent wishes
to be informed, why this society gave up the noble
mansion in Sackville-street, and removed, at Mid-
summer last, into lodgings, over a shop in B end s•reet ?
Whether there is any, or how much, truth in the re•
port, that soon after that bustling and stirring gen-
tleman, Mr. George Webb Hall, of Bristol, became
Secretary, Government withheld the 3,000!. a-wear
which bad been allowed the society during the long
secretaryship of the late Mr. Arthur Young? And
whether the motive to which the loss of the Govern-
ment patronage and support has been ascribed, is the
true reason of that serious blow to the Board -(.l(fred)
The agricultural dinner at the White Bart, Bath,
was attended by a more than usually numerous body of
members and visitors. The Marquess of Lansdown
fulfilled the duties of the Chair with his accustomed
urbanity and politeness. On giving the toast of 1. The
Visitors who have honoured the meeting with their
presence." the Noble Marquess expressed a hope that
he should not be considered as transgressing. the
excellent rule of the Society, which prohibited the
introduction of politics, by proposing the athii-
doe of " the Earl of Liverpool," a nobleman whose pri-
vate mirth secured. Mm universal estimation. In ex-
presslog his acktitiertedgentiints. for the honour thus
conferred, the noble Earl took occasion to speak of the
pre-eminent importance of agriculture, and of the great
benefits derived by the nation from the exertions of the
Bath and West of England Society.
MI1.1)14115 or THE Szason.—There liire now in
Mrs. Turner's garden, Park Hall, Chrysantheinntnao
Carnations, Pinks, a great variety of Roses, and many
other flowers in full blossom in the open air ; a sin-
gular proof of the extraordinary mildness of the season.
The weather for some time past has Leen nuentu-
monly boisterous, even for this usually unsettled sea-
son, In the early part of the day it has been generally
quiet and mild—sometimes with a slight appearance of
frost—but in the evening, and towards morning, the
wind has set in with occasional showers, so furiously
that, even in this sheltered situation, serious damage
has been done to the houses. On Tuesday night the
wind blew for some hours a perfect hurricane, accom-
panied with a tremendous storm of thunder, lightning
and rain. Several houses in Canal-street had the win-
dows blown in, and considerable damage was done to
roofs in various parts of the town.—(Perth Courier.)
DUNGENESS LIGHT.HGCSE.-- Ex, ract of a letter from
the Agents to Lloyd's, dated Deal, Dec. 2.l:—‘, Wind
S.E. blows hard. Captain M'Cullock, of his Majesty's
ship Severn, communicates to us this day information
that Dungeness Light House was struck with lightning
on the night of the 22d. The lightning passed through
the room in which the family were sitting, without in-
juring any person. The building has a rent from the
top to the bottom, visible from No. 2 battery, a distance
of two miles : the lantern and reflections are damaged,
of which we have given notice to the principal out-

ports."
Extract of soother letter on the same subject, dated
Dover, 24th Dec.—" We have receives' informition
from Dungeness; during yesterday the ligth-house
received considerable injury, being split from the top
to the bottom; and that the persons residing there
have left it, being unsafe ; but they will continue to
lightly, as usual, although attended with some risk.
CHRISTMAS DAY IN ST. GrLes's.—Yesterday a he-
nevolent friend to the Irish poor, most plentifully
supplied the children of the u St. Oiles's Irish Free
Schools," between two and three hundred in number,
with a dinner of good old English fare, (roast beef
and plum pudding), at their school house, 25, 4Jeorge-
street, St. Oiles's. It was pleasing to sPe the joy and
gratitude expressed in tie countenances of these
happy little . ones, whilst, partaking of their welcome
meal, on witnessing the attention paid to them by 1
their kind friends and Aupporters, who laying aside
their distinguished mirk in society, even themselves
esjoyed " the luxury of doing good," by personally
risdang on these helpless and hitherto friendless chil-
-1 ies's of the natives of our sister country. We sin-
cerely wish the example may be followed by the afflu.
rent, particularly at a season of the year whan much
r,isthed want generally prevails among the numerous classes
et the Irish poor in that quarter, and in whose behalf
lib striae. to find that the Governors of the above-
aimed institution are particularly interesting them 7
Mites. •
The Duke of York Inn, Wattages', in York, was
kurglatiously broken into one mss. The wee
thieves
k, end
of three or impairer Mts. 'The
gamin to take say dirtiitotty, 'leaned the boots in
the kitchen previous to taking them away.