The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-05-30 00:00:00

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sojours sloths hoses of. a nobleman or plawititis
walks of the areas', or epees the gat* wkb 111.
some May madame so hi would at .a totter, And.
Vie, Oarless of reprimand or of isterrupllon, to
tbs, keelefloorcfroos thence to dm blushes, where he
is isetaatlY at home. He is immediately provided fp;'
rehearse; be esters lino social and familiar -
eigloo,"aad remains that sight or proceeds op
earaey, eiseordiog to his cooresksee or his
nation.
If, by accident, or if by distress, a person
respected:at, is obliged to irefk his journey is b

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the only difference beeves his sitnadon and that of the
tnendkant is this !--That upon the bare apprehension
that he is a person of inperior condition, embarrassed
in bls eirenrostances, or affected in his mind, he is
truant( * as a pamper, but as a visitor; sot as a coop
Piet. tat al an aeimaimtanee: his ;rounded feelings are
cossiioistisy every act of politeness t►at can are his
bons( kom humiliation ; and he is indoced by every
mein* that generosity can devise, to unfold his situa-
tion, not to betray him to the vengeance of his 'sends*,
nor to expose la s 'misfortunes to the exaltations of vul-
gar prosperity, bet to confer upon him Madam and
consolation. •

When a draker stops in a town or a tillage 4
d g.
ead of exciting every manner of. eyebot-eyell
noise; Instead of becoming the terror of the whole
neiglibouthood ; Bemired of being, immediately searched
fur in•the " hue cud cry," and the placards of Bow-
STRIVIT 'bedew! of en express being seat off to Dub-
lin for ais officer. to inspect and identify bier; indeed
ni his being autified to the " acre meeetrote," as a
" very dangerous leokimg person; and of every stir,
badge, word, look, being watched, misrepresented,
and exaggerated by every ignorant, vulgar, evil-
minded, rewiiove, mon.% L, and mirky awn sous man,
mad by their evilly amiable beagles; every t con-
stable, spy, informer, place-hunter, and blood money
miscreant ; instead of being peeped at from the win-
dow of every shop keeper, who fears he shall be
" taken in" by " that there" rdirel " the stranger,"
watched Hite a Lynx, by some hard-hearted wiser, who
is to be immediately robbed and murdered, and pro-
claimed a " scoundrel" by every eirk•skuled self:
thrbb'd " Esquire", who fears his fat wifir his skinny
daughters shall be carried ott through Se key hole ;
instead, I say, of this " below in Ireland
the victim of all those insulting tniscalcuLitions so uni-
versal in that country of which 1 au a native, he is
way-laid by what? By a social cad generome
eari-
ealtyt every body wishes to knew him, and as-tn crime,
it serer enters their erimelres imagiaetioas ! lie is
picked op its a taml.le, accosted with a smile or a
joke, a conversation ensues, withost any intimation

of where be is going; be is designedly led to the door
of his guide; he hvittet ed in to look it :be grounds or
the garden; sad* he is decoyed on till almost imper-
ceptibly be tinds-liimself-at dinner with the family.
How dare a land that is all onspieloa mod "du*
talk of it. lye-side," et. b-e-sit 4" stagily seen.]
to Its I,indred aid never to thistranger bat for some
I mercenary purpose. .1 land /broad, Me *Won of
Me oNierrse, but Now a land where no virtue, no ac-
romplishtnents, can obtain (voidance; where no Nie-
-1 routines can excite compassion.
la Ireland those who meet by accident trust to their
own discernment, which seldom errs, and a c3snal ac-
viiintanre constantly ends in a lasting connexion
and the most valuable friendship. In London casual
leg ttaintance instantly begets some selfish *involution,
and generally ends either in the perpetration of an in-
jnry, or the vengeance of the disappointed speculator
who Isa 4 probably given a scanty dinner or a mise-
rable cup of tea to his new acquaintance to forward
his views, and out of which be considers himself'

eiraird, when his •elfish purpose does not succeed.
As to your " day book" and " !e !ger" acquai►►tances
" Dinner debtor to dinner," 4' tea debtor to tea,"
those are transactions altogether unknown in the land
of Saint Patrick.
Amongst the many singular custom which hos-
pitality has created in Ireland, is tiA,Nowing, which
must appear to a London reader like falsehood or
romance.

When a pauper is a cripple, or is so ol►l, or an
diseas►dd as not to be able to walk in pursuit a
subsistence, some respectable person, who is not able Iss
undertake the entire charge •f this creature, eiths*
builds or purcha'es f•r him or her a coach of chaise,
such as we see children drawn in in London, but of
very humble material,. When this object starts on
its circiii; in the morning, the person with whom it bad
botel'd the former night draws it to the nest house,
no
matter how distant, knocks at the door and then
returns. When this creature is relieved or answered,
it is considered as the bounden duty of that house So
forward the carriage on to the, next, and so from Ism
to house, as from stage, to stage, posts this fort
unfortunate in its Ulrie carriage, drawn by hymn
posies. This, no doubt, would be considered as a
most BARRAIOnII teillnige in the ring at Hyde Park
I write as an inquisitive traveller whose duty it is to
reveal what he has seen and mut %ilk I will.
write in NATIOXAL PARTIALITY, set ltedishonest
indulge in national prejudice. With- an her crimes,
iet
with all her misfortunes, " halteiVilized," as fan-
tactical refinement may call her, 1 KILAND has
one attraction that places her as much above the cold,
cautious, calculating—the illiberal--•the insulting
yea, the creel morality of her " Mamma," as is the
Sun shove the waters. She hu what her "Ms has
lost, and without which there can be no virtue. She
has an heart bursting with generosity and overflowing
with sensibility. 11.
P. S. let it net be imagined my reproaches are in-
much

so that in fact, hospitaly it is in Ireland as valanced as- 1 elusive. No—l trust there is mach vines in England
are workhorses unmet. •• - 4#411; . Let it not be suspected lam cynical or resentful
In the country parts of Ireland, a t '4
. 1`,114 ••••4 aft neither. lam this moment (ruined in my cir-
matter whether stranger or native. no mattes
itoi " . militias 'by: an act. of romantic honesty) existing
—no matter how gritty,* can feel no want. 1 11.4 oblightiette. /. i•• • '
shelter—no protection. On !torte or aul • '
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..iir Conatithiebletft net arrived at the honour of 1=
' • Even a criminal isoafe order the reo(ofthe '' fhof melstio•• ft Is Indeed. The 'risk have too
Consider an informer as the worst of iilt-ii lEbi ophitasto sobs timid' mos whit refined* of
word ••iliforuser" is mover used I. Imbued with td third& thnirealPfle set . ~ is ma. be " altuf-011ieers" by amt
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