The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-05-14 00:00:00

S FATE OF IRELAND.

The DUBLIN EVENING Pawl., in reference to a charge
brought against it by a London Morning Paper, " that
the array of horrors presented in his greatly heightened
and overcharged," asserts, on Thursday last, the cautioh
used in the selection of the facts alluded to, and thus
proceeds:—
We shall now, without any exaggeration whatever, re-
count the namher of Outrages perpetrated in the Sontli,
since oar last mention of Limerick and Cork—omitting,
altogether, the language in which those Outrages are
described by the Journals of Cork, Limerick, and Clare.
In Limerick, on Sunday night, two houses belonging
to Mr. Westropp, one of them a large cottage, in the
Barony of Henry, were burnt. On the return of the
Police from the scene of the conflagration, they perceiv-
ed six fires in different directions. Two other houses in
the same Barony were consuinciton Tuesday night.—
Fifteen head of cattle were maimed on Sunday, mar
Hospital.
On Monday, Mr. B'ackhurn opened the Special Ses-
sion under the Insurrection Act, at Six-mile. Bridge,
County of Clare, assisted by the Assistant Barrister,
Major Warharton, the Chief Magistrate of Po:ice, and
upwards of thirty Justices of the Peace. 'there were
seventeen Cases for Trial—three were convicted and
sentenced to transportation, one for being ab:ent ; one
for having seditious papers in his possession ; and one
fwr being found in a proclaimed district. The remain-
d rof the Cases lie over until the 2-it h iestant.

11 In Tipperary the out-offices of Major Blackburn, about
two miles from this town, we re burned down on Sunday
night and sev►ral lie-rd of cattle destroyed. Tee dwelling-
Louse narrowly escaped the same fate.
One of the Omerick papers sAys, that a new Orange
' Association is forming in that City. The E litor save
he has one hundred and nineteen of the names in his
poasessior.
In Kilkenny there is mention made of one robber•.
In Cork two houses in the Barony of Barr•tnore were
burnt, and several rattle !laughed, on the estate of
Colonel Gibbings.—Toe following is pin of a notice
placarded about a mile and a half from Cork on the Dub-
lio-road
`• Imo Pa Taros l! Rouse from your lethargy, em-
brace the standard of your Patriotic General, awl keep
down that vile destructive cause of disturbance so little
known among your Brethren in England ; take notice
of year Patriotic Brethren in South America and Greece.
shaking off (with success) the yoke of Tyranny,
out also your object of destruction—which is several land-
lords—Bad Agents, Tythe Proctors and all descriptions
of Informers—k these tremble ; Smith of Templemi-
ebael, and that hard hearted Middleman and running
gale driver, M +din Ballyond in, who destroyed the Te-
nants of tha► place and Bsllathomas, on the estate of the
worthy an lilnnl landlord Earl Middleton—forget not
your neighbouring ranters Leonard and the Harris's who
out-ranted the industrious wi.10.v."

A Process Server was beaten to death at Cross Barry
on die road to Motion.

At the Special Sessions at Fermoy, on Saturday last,
Serjeant Torrens made a most excellent Address to the
Court and the Public. To the following extract, we so-
licit the particular attention of the British Public, as it
will show, from unexceptionable authority, the mode in
which village justice is too often administered by the vii.
lage Magistrate. The thing itself is well known in Ire-
land ; but it would not at all times be sate to put it out
unaccompanied by a high name.
" The Learned Serjr ant next adverted to, and dwelt
noon, with great earnestness, the utility an I advatitage
of establishing Petty Sessions, which be expressed great
satisfection at teaming hal been instituted in that Dis-
trict for some time. 'The effect of these Sessions was to
prevent the same case from being heard by elitreretit Ala-
gistrates, and thus the system of cross infortna dons, than
whirl, there could not he a more pernicious system. could
not exist. By inducing the People to apply t> an Ohio.
Maaist rate, you increase their expenses,and excite a host
of vindictive passions. Magistrstes ought to discoun-
tenance such a practice. H's was not prepared to say,
that such a practice existed in this county ; but if he
did, the Magistrate who encouraged it hail Rio right to
have the honour of holding the Commission of the Peace
Ile repeated that he did not wean to say it was practi sed
in this County.
[Mr. Halm who stood near him, said "it cer taint,
teas.")
" He (Sergeant Tonasse) was sorry to hear it from
such respectable authority ; but he hoped it would not
heatlowed to continue longer. When nese Courts were
es tablislied, no Magistrate should het on his own re-
sponsibility. By a strict ohser.ance of these regula-
tions, in his opinion, more would be done than if he
(Sergeant Torrens) sat there every day for a year. It
would lay the seeds of regeneration, which the Masi,
trates, during their lives, and their posterity, after, would
feel the benefit of. Of the practice of suspect ling the
authority of one Magistrate, and rendering it inopera-
tive by the act of another, he wished to mater a few re-
marks. [General Bary said—''Teat practice is a dread-
ful nuisance.] Sergeant Torrens agreed With him, that
it must, if practised, have been, indeed, a dreadful
nui-
sance; but he coal.' not conceive what advantages the
country people expected by going before another Magis-
trate; lie could not contemplate that they should re-
ceive favour. If such an opinion as that bad gone
abroad, he should not wonder if the whole country from
one end to the other, was in a flame. He could con
template nothing like favour; the administration of '
us.
tire ought to be as pure as the spring that bursts from
the riven rock. If he believed that any Magistrate had
administered the laws in such a way as to leave a reason-
able suspicion that he had acted partially and unjustly,
he (Sergeant Torren+) would be anxious to discover
him, and would lose no time in representing to the Lord
Lieutenant and the tiovertnuent; that such a person,
ought not to he continued in the Commission of the
Peace, and that the public interest required his dis-
wheel."

Adverting to the practice of giviug Passes, be antler-
stood that " they had become a matter of transfer, and
were actually purchased for money! Such a state of
things should not be allowed to continue. In the coun-
ty of Limerick he had inquired into the nature of
passes, and had found that some of the most d sneerous
persons in the community, were in possession of them.
It was not the lowest crass of the ignorant Peasantry
that ought to be guarded against, but the designing man
who travels through the Country, forming Com . ittees
and organising the system of atrocities. If time circum-
stance he had before adverted to relative to the bale of
Passes had really taken place. [Several Magistrates
called out' It has unquestionably.'} Ile [Serjeaut To r-
rens] regretted to hear it; lie hoped, however, that
such a system would not continue, and he called on the
Magistrates to apply themselves with devoted zeal to
wipe away the disgrace that had fallen on our unhappy
country. •

A young unmarrie,d rowan, from ilonslet, who had
been at Neu castle to chum a settlement. but was reject-
ed, because she was not removed under the authority of
a Magistrate's order, was found last Monday in the fore-
noon, by a gentleman of this town, in a state of labour
by the road side, on the York road. 111,ved by her si-
tuation, he descended from his gig, in which he pl wed
the unfortunate traveller, and ordered his servant to drive
hot. to Seacruf', where they found her a lodging and o
midwife; and in less thin half an hour she was deliver-
ed of a tine girl, to th,: joy of the parish officer, who
came, on the follouing day, to ask of the Samaritan what
be was; to do with the new parishioner ?—ln answer to
which inquiry he was told, that he must, by all weans,
take good care of it. (Leeds Mercury.)

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MR. VAUX'S WORK UN RELATIVE TAXATION.

A Work entitled " Relative Taxation," has recently
appeared from the pen of Mr. Thomas Vault. and will la
found highly interesting to the Political Economist.
It is clearly and ably written; and the degrees in
which the various descriptions of soil are affected by
taxes on raw commodity are plainly pointed out. As a
remedy for the evils of the present system, %lr. Vaux is
desirous for the repeal of the existiv taxes on raw
Commodity ; and particularly, (ansodg• other.) those or f
Malt, Hops, Beer, Leather and Camlles, and the sahsti•
tution of a prryerty tax in their room, as a measure
which would lighten the burden of taairtion to that
class on which it presses so heavily, and would thus.
divide that burden more rainally among all classes of
sucie-y.
There are many by whom this work will be read with
much satisfaction; and even those who are far front
agreeing with Mr. Vaux in all the propositions he ad-
vances, a ill derive much inform itioa front hie practical
agricultural knowledge, and will not fail to admire the
zeal and simplicity with which he advocates the came
of the labourer and small proprietor.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS.—TugsDAT.

The Quorum 111,tiri straws' Bill, and the Union Duties'
Bill were read a seem! time.

MARRIAGES.

The Archbishop of CAN nett Ito; RY presented a Be-
pert from the Coomoiree, who hid been appointed to
consider the several tails relating to marriages; which
was read by the clerk. I t set forth that the Committee
had fnlly considered the cliff-rent Acti that had been
paseed for the regulation of marriages ; that they were
fully sen;:ble of the inconvenicnces attending toe Act
which It'd been passed last year on the subject; that
they deemed it expedient to propose a form of marriage'
of a simpler nature than whit was ordained by that
Act ; and therefore recommended that in the new Bill
that was to be offered to the Muse, most all the new
provisions in respect to forms and oaths which were con-
tained iu the Bill of last year, should be omitted , and
that the areess to lintrittgeS silo:Hit be facilitated by wore
easy modes. With respect to marriages by banns, the
Committee did not -conceive that any alteration from the
old and long established usage was neceestry ; but in
eoneeipience of the numbers of priva'e chapels in t hick
marriages were performed, they thought it necessary
that certain powers should be given to Bishops to au-
thorize the publications of banns, and notify the fu: ms to
be observed in the graetitig of licenses. They recom•
mended that there shook be no alteration in the mode
of peblishing banns, so as to cause en increase of ex. •
pease to the patties. They proposed that a provision
should be made agaitiq the improvident granting of li-
censes. The Cot 1111 l ittee was .''ally impressed with the
rights of parental controut over marriages contracted
by persons under age; and with that impression they
conceived it highly expedient that marriages entered
into by minors eithout the consent of parrots and gee:-
diens should be liable to be ten lered null and void.
They therefore wished to provide a moderate security
for the maintenanee of those rieitts ; and accordingly
Recopied that marriage.; so contracted should be void-
able, provided the suit for setting aside the same was
prosecuted within& twelve months :vier the eolestnizatioa
of the marriage. It was also intended to provide, that
any persons guilty of ta!fing a false oath, should forfeit
all right to prnperty accruing from the marriage, for the
contracting of which the oath shell have been taker.
The Committee had taken into consideration the mar-
riages of Minoan Catholics, and did not deem it expe-
dient to propose any provi,ions respecting them.
The Report was ordered to be laid on the table.
Lord ELLEN BOROUGH said lie did not rise for the
purpose of pruvuking any discussion on the Report
which was then presented to. their Lordships, but merely
to absolve It' self frolo the suspicion of his haviug given
his concurrence to that pert of it, which recommended
that marriages contracted by minors might he rendered
null and void within a certain titne. His principle was.
that no marriage alter having been once solemnized,
should be annulled, whether the patties were of age er
not ; and that principle was recognized list year by the e
L irdships. The intended provision was nugatory, -
cause arty marriage might be legalized by the public...
lion of banns ; but he wished to call their Lordship s
serious attetif on to ti consequences, that must he tt e
result of a departure irons the principle they lied already
admitted. It would enable any unprincipled young nun
to possess himself of the person of a female, under an ex-
pectation that his marriage with her mast lie annulled,
and expose such female for ever to disgrace and ruin.
it would, in .act. leaf to every kind of immorality. lie
should take amither opportunity.of stating his objections
at let-wit to this provision in the new Bin when it came
regularly before the House. But so ranch he thought it
neerssary to say in this early stage ; and he entreated
their leirdsiiips to bear in fiend tine evil cimeequence
whielilie now pointed out. Ile thought it right, there-
fore, to give Duties that he should oppose the return pro-
gress of the new Bill if it contained this clause.
The ARCHBISHOP of CAN Th:1111elti presented
the New Marriage Bill, oilfich was read a brat time.
His (irate then said lie should fix a convenient day for
the second reading after the holycleys.
The Earl of SHAF rt.:Sat:BA- presented a petition
from Samuel Thornton, Esq., Governor of the Russian
Company, stating that doubts had arisen as to the validity
of marriages contracted by Bri:isli subjects in Ituesia,
and priyine that provision might he made to render the
saute valid.
Lord STOWELL addressed the House, but in so low
a tone of voice that it was almost impossible for any one
to hear him below the bar. We mi lerstood tiim, hoe.
ever, to have expressed his surprise that any one could
question the venality of the marriages adverted to in tee
petition, because such marriages were as valid as any
cotrrected in thi' country, and bad been so held by tee
Courts in England.. . .

The petitioi was laid on the table. and the House al-
journed.

HOUSE OF COMMONS-TUESDAY.

At four o'clock the SPEAKN.K tt;;Ci.;;;...hair, and'
finding oily twenty-four Members present adjourm,l
the House till to-morrow (this day.)