The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-11-20 00:00:00

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with his UMW power, pointed out the multiform variety of
A or @ranee which was tueitl. ntal to clerical exaction, and had
esmonstrateol the prnptiety of imploring' the interposition
of tote Letustature, fur th► removal of so much complicated
'feat the reiterated entreaties of the Irish nation
to to ulol et last sltrao t the co 11111 l iss-rstion of the Legislature,
seas not iut robahlr.Tbe argument fou...led upon the danger
of inn Ova ion was at an end. The New Tithe Bill had.

loth all its flagrant imperfections, been attended with one
bseefit at least, by affordin4 a precedent of change. That
• Pfwatore wad useful in its original principle, however
Altorimental in its immediate provisions' as far as it sag
melded the revenues of the cleryi, it afforded a sample
0/ thew. conciliatory tetralogies witi.lt hail been adopted for
the pacification of Ireland. But it ea, seal xalusble by furs
n along an anthority for future modification. The ark had
been toached, and in the oainion of the mere sagacious
Levitt's, had, even in its enrichment, suffers4l violatioo.
The Legislature hail laid their proplianing hands upon
what had once been d-erred intatigible to all but the
aaterdmital fiugere, and in affecting to snake au addition to
its sAentlour, sad give new lustre to its enchitsement, they
bad shaken its compactness, and prepared it fordissolution.
It might reasonably be expected that ere lung the Govern.
mint would feel tbe expediency of reducing the Establish.
assent to a mere apostolic simplicity. A proud and pampered
priesthood .was a monstrous anomaly in religion ; they teach
ass poverty from their gilded chariots ; and instruct us in
fasting (rem their pomp() is feasts; they tend forth their
injonstions of humiiity from thelportrittes of a palace. and
from 0 the primrose p.th of dalliance" they sliest as " the
thorny why to heaven." flow long !hear preposterous
Mount:re' ies which exposed the gorgeous Christianity of
. the Establisimmont to so crumb derision would continue, it
was not easy to conjecture; but it was clear that some
iiispedinmep•s to anselimition hail been removed. The phon-
iest) of ditioe right hail disappeared, and common sense
would ou longer be limited by the snere.l absnrility of the
fevonrite doctrine of Churchmen—that Ecclesiastical
property was beyond the control of the Legislature. He
, was tor Isom saying that he conceived that the Clergy
of the Establisioneot ought not to be liberally sup-
ported; they should be paid in proportion to the
sorvices which they perform; they Omni,' be
placed inaChrittian mean between indigence and luxury.
• Let it not be said that in uttering these sentiments he
manifested an hostility to thee Established Church; on the
cost-ary; by enabling its pastors to sustain their precepts
by their example, their spiritual welfare would he naturally
promoted. The Roman Catholic Clergy were in France
• paid imy the 'lrreasury,anil the whole establiehment Slid not
cost .oue twentieth of the suns which was lavish-d in
Lenin,. upon the Church. Twenty-seven millions of French,
Cattail. a were supplied with prayer at a cheaper rate then
fire litiodred thousand het Protestants; yet no man cont.l
say that the Roman Ca•holie Church was not austained
with sufficient dignity by the Bout b ; aod what had
• been the remits:o the abolition of tithes in France? that
• Clergy, watch before the Revolution ball revelled in
• opulence, and in consequent profligacy, was nuw conspi-
cuous fur piety, for learning, and fur m wale. Were a
similar mode of payment adopted in Ireland ; were tithes
wholly abolished, and the Clergy paid out of the Treasury,
much of the evils which oppress the 2 wintry would dis-
• appear; an economy in religion would he the result. There
would also be some proportion an! reasonableness its the
• s ale of Clerical expenditure, the Hierarchy would no
longer epee., r is such unchristian contra 4 with the lower
orders set the Priesthood. The bloated paunch of the
nuwieloily R•cter woad no longer dilate itself in secured
sot eriorify over. the shrinking abdomen of the starving
and miserably prolific Citrate ; every Protestant as well as l
• spry Cat oiie must feel the montrosity of the present
• aystoin. !Mead, that part of the Protestant population
objets did not look to the Church as a means of domestic
provision, concurred with the Romeo Catholics is an
noxious desire for its reformation There were many who
fully sympathised with the highly respectable Gentleman
(t iomnel Butler) who hail first expresied such an honour-
able ant dignified love for his coantry. It was by a cm
• • °aeration wish Protestants of his character and 'national
sentiments, that the public benefit would be most effectually
promot-d.
Mr. Dwyer fully agreed with Mr. Seanlan; he thought
it trout/ be injudicious to adopt any resolution which might
excite the jealousy of the Protestants. The Association
had been formed for the purpose of endeavouring to obtain
redress for Catholic grievances.
Mr. Costello thought that gentlemen should have con-
sidered that, b-fore they adopted a Petition to Parka:tient
on the @object of the ellllllll ni,trAtioo of justice in Ireland,
Mr. O'Connell considered the objection to the motion
was mere in point of form titan of substance. He could nut
conceive bow their adopting it would increase hostility
towards them. He could not imagine how the malignity of
time Orange Press, or the Orange laolgee, could be in•
creesed. lie should regret mach that the Association
should be confirm. d to any petty grievance, or by any
b:ctariae or narrow object.
Mr. Ron sync considered that 'be Association was not
• formed solely fur the purpose of petitioning fur Catholic
Emancipation.
• The motion was then put and carried4with the dissentient
I voices of .Messrs. Scanlan and Dwyer.
Mr. Sheil gave notice of a motion for the appointment of
a Committee, to devise the best means of opening the Corpo.
ration to the C..thvllcs.
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'fits Honourable Colonel Pierce Butler was then called
to the Chair, when the thanks of the meeting were unani-
mously voted to Edward Power, Esq., for his dignified and
proper conduct in the Chair.
The liming then adjourned to next Saturday.

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MURDER OF RIEWO.

Extract of a letter from Bayonne, November 11, ••••
S' We h see received our letters front Madrid up to the
7 inclusive. At one o'clock on that day. tie unfortunate
Wog° wa• execu'ed. The details of this execution are
sally painful. The following are the particulars which
are given n.
pri.oner had been placed, as venal, in a chamber,
where there is a crucifix. It was there he gassed the time
preceding his *semi on towbich he was conducteol,or rather
draxgeti, on a hurdle, drawn by an ass. It was with 'he
greatest difficulty he asc• nded the ladder to the very lofty
ghbet which had been erected, so ill was be in consequence
of the fetters which had been put on him since his arta'.—
lie died wit gr a*. resignation and courage. As soon
the executioner made a sign:l that he was dead, cries and
hurrahs arose from all quarters, even from from the balco-
nies, in which wore Priests and Monks:
The public tranquillity was not interrupted for a mo•
meat, thanks to the precautions taken by the French
General, who caused numerous detachments to patrele the
streets;; which were very necessary, as a *toted of pertons
was observed, who appeared to have •rms concealed under
their cloth*, and who would have taken advantage ofdlie
sli slitest confusion to do mischief. That part of the
sentence which decreed that the bola of Riego should be
divided into fire parts, and sent to different places, has not
been, and will not he, carried into effect."
Frract of a private letter from Madrid, dated November
7th, 1823.
The Duke d'Angouleme left Madrid at 12 o'clock, on
the 4th inst.—As soon as his Royal Higlattesa had quitted
the capital, the second Court of Alcaties d' Casa y Corte
hastened the neesury prepar.tions fur making the ill fated
jtiego drink the last drop of the chaliCe of bitteraess. Many
of those occupied in these preparations had but eight wionibs
before bailed bias u a hero. He was transferred from the
p ieon where he had hitherto been to the public prison at
usual hoar of the night; there his sentence was read to
buss, which was as fellows Dos Rafael Rine is con•

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demned to the capitA•punishment of the gibbets heis to be
dragged through all the streets leading to the' place of,
execution, his property to he confiscated to,tbe profit of the
King's Chamber, and he is to pay the evpeoses of his trial."
At 10 o'clock on the morning of the sth he was led into the
berning Chapel (4 room lighted up with funeral mindles,
and other emblems of death.) In this situation, which
struck with grief every man possessed of a spook of proper
feeling, Riego showed the most noshranking arm•
near. All be said was, " May Con grant that
my death may conduce to the happiness and trsn•
(futility of Spain." These words will not be forgotten,
and may one day twing.tears Into the eyes of his murderers.—
The unfortunate Riego was sent to the scaffold in virtue of an
ex post facto law, a circumstance which history Oil apt forget,
In recording these deplorable times. It was during the night
of the Mb that the preparations were made for the exemillon.
Amongst the crowd of ferocloaa people who looked en with
pleasure at the progress of this fatal work, some weraremarked
and fully recodwzed to be the same. who on a very different
but not distant occasion, lied shouted in the ears of Rirgn,
" Viva kerosde lad Cabezue!" TO day (7th) tbe execution
took place at the Plaza de to Cebada.--Here and in all the
adjacent streets there was an immense crowd of people,
amongst whom were numbers of monks and priests, es also in
the windows. Silence prevailed during his passage from the
prison to the fatal spot. During this agonizing march, and to
the last instant of his existence, he exhibited all the calmness
and serene courage of a generous stature, willing to be sacri-
ficed in the cause of his country. On mounting the scaffold, his
legs appeared to be feeble, they ware evidently swelled, pro.
bably in consequence of his recent illness, and the weight of
the irons with which he had been loaded. When the execu-
Miner made a sign that he had ceased to exist, a viva was
setts forth by a number of persons close to the gibbet, which
was obf an immense bright. The stupid and ferociork 'rabble
wore an air of savage satisfaction in their conuteesnces, as
[ *so sevrical of Ri-go's Inveterate enemies,—Bet it is only
[Notice to Mate, that many others, certainly not by any 'means
droll Inclined, towards him or his principles, could not 'refrain
*Om tears at. his doleful cannot, at present, enter
4mto further detrals, for my heart is too fall, and My head too
weafused, B(Ni-witnessing this depioreble and lugubrious spec-

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