The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-07-14 00:00:00

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from the country, and their mixes and, little ones
now, pine in hopeless penury ; many more have
entered into the army and navy, and Left those
whose existence depended on their exertions, to mi.
.:eery and despair. Will you, inhabitants of Dublin,'.
withhold your assiitance? WillyouiwtstrVch forth
eriteshand of mercy,,and pour the beint of consolation
int, ,the wounds of the atilicted mourners ? You
=Gaut, it is true; -restore. trade to ilk wonted
energy : you cannot counteract the unexampled cir.
cumstances of your country I but you can alleviate
Ake agony of wants .you can soften the bitterness
ofidesnair 4.--,an inhabitant of this aflicted district'
of, your city intreats you to turn your eyes on
pair fellow-creatures, and to behold and .judge
l. for yourselves, and if you find (as you assuredly
1410 this statement to be correct,. to relieve, as
far as you can, the misery of those, who are now
afflicted with a complication of evils." The tax upon the organ of public information
was not imposed on account of any thing it may
produce. Quite the contrary ; the less it produces,
the better pleased the Minister will be, for that
.wjll be the best evidence of its 'decay, which is all
thd wise men of Gotham seek,- - (Correspondent.).
Swirl being one day at a Sherill'a feast, among
other toasts the Chairman called out, "Mr. Deans,
Tho.Teatto of Ireland." The Llean answered;-4-
Sir, / drink ma memories.". If Starer were
now alive, what Would he say, of the deceived.:
trade and commerce of his country I—(Corros,..
1 pondent.)

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MISERY OF TILE ROUTII OF 1111tRIAND, . I
We are sorry in state, from autkentioaccounts,
that very general distress prevails throughout the
South of Ireland, That heretofore flourishingdise
trict has sunk, within the last 1% months, into a
melancholy condition. The percentile failures which
have occurred to an immense ;mount in Cork, Wa.
terford, Limerick, and the lesser towns, have pearly
annihilated alt trade and confidence ; the; have
grown since last Novemberl to newly. two million,'
in the value of losses. One very recent insolventy
in Limerick alone, falls little, if at all, short 'of
160,0001.; hence hundreds of artisans, tradesman,
and labourers, are cast out of employment—busi-
Pen is at 4 stand—shops idle—nohoby can- pure
chase, for nobody will sell, except for cash ; and
few country batik notes will be received; The
,blinits have rigidly closed against discounting, and
rEfinte accommodation of every kind to gentry,
. . rmers, and merchants. The notes of country
k
Akers, however wealthy; or well secured in
~land or 'otherwise, are refused by the other
)cankers, and froth insulvencies are hourly ex.
petted, Not only have severe individual losses
been sustained, but all the floating capital of the
ofottotry, all disposable property, has been swept
Away, or is locked up by distrust and natural ap.
rehfasioll. ...-....
Tna puce of tang has particularly sniggered;
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,indeed this Mei eras long expected, as the rent of
lands had notoriously and unreasonably risen to
an enormous rate, too high ;q bi indared, too
precarious to be relied upon. The farmer can raise
no money upon credit, and his scarcely a market
left, for he can scarcely find 4 .solvent purchaser.
The want of money lessens the demand—the want
of credit cripples the speculator—produce of
every kind has fallen One.ihird, and the quan.,
tity produced is diminished in a like ratio. The'
long continuum of dry weather has left the
pastures and meadow; quite bare—the want of
rain has ruined the wheatlands in general ; lunch
of the lands sown with w nit last winter, has
been of necessity ploughed up again, and is now
consigned to winter turnips; and mach of the
meadow 'land that was lot in March at five or six.
1 guineas by the Irish sere, has been thrown open
ito half-starved tattle, and trampled down at a
'heavy loss to the WO tmiu fact, will not yield him
345. per acre. -
~ .: llencet the hi bats rapidly declining In
Ad,bittrties of lip . ii, Limerick, Cork, We.
*l(irit-lind:l‘ilkTiV. tuga land, that brought 41.
•Ifildt rar,'llll not now briugNs. per acre from any
ililtetkt pnaot rind the average f all is already from
iii tO'tSr,looitiCre• Infect, the number of solved(
'tent( 4 A., dithiniOetby throe-fourths, and ii con.
'O4 ',gauze. Many who were deemed sol.
rt; rolikely to be ruined by the high rents of
Itio
4 Slando they hold, and, what was deemed a good.
itistakin e lease, is now held to be inch as must.
tas:rendered, or produce beggary to the tenants..
T of decided and well' secured wisolth, and:
who can afford these heavy tosser, may remain
solvent, or may withstand the dreadful shock of,
these gloomy and disastrous times, of heavy fai.
lures, broken credit, checked markets, bad wee.
ther, and calamitous seasons.
To the lesser tenenfry, it is afflicting to count,
the recent addition of 50 per cent. upon their
window tax, exclusive of St.. per pound sterling'
upon their secured rackresate and tithes, church.,
rates,- county rates, all crowding together at this
cheerless and inauspicious m0meat,,...(.404.:
Epening Post.) • .!1 ~;
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Upon 'Mr. Fonsa's appearance in this city,
placards were stuck on the walls, denouncing ven-
geance on his head; and caricatures have been af.
fitted to them in every thoroughfare, eXhibittog him
as an object of scorn. and abhorrence.` So
greatly has the people been exasperate 4, !Wei.
tensive has been the injury, inflicted' On' friiii
commerce *by his new.fangied system of hallo,
that men of opposite sentiments on . other its,
pics, universally. unite in eject-sting his scheino.,
. Not even a private friend—not in expectant ere*.
'cure—not a wretched hireling can be found to re.
mime, even in the night, the marks .of general
indignation. The Chancellor fol. the Irish Esiche.;
quer must be deficient in judgment, neveln the.
,decline of lifo (when bodily and intellittual fa.
4;elties .decay), still animal instinct has not-yet
fAiisa4cti.liins—yfoi, with the innate sagacity of a
?Svc, be has fled from popular clainfinr, to 9 sale'
FAfpn. 1.0 gullets Wood !..-(/bid.) •

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, of.snme rank b recently spired in
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,foirstry, on la diplomatic errand, by the
: ,u4p'Eclt itige.ohitz. The object of his errand
elt lilt procnre tile restorotiow to his conntrymeo or
a ortnigoeso venni captured liy dew; and detaio:,
r • 1 4030ritisti st gilirsltar.

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TOTHEQUARTERCY AND MONTHLY MEETING•;
OF FAIENDeI, IN GREAT BRITAIN, IRELAND, '
• AND 404:Wilk:RE..
MA( Fate eDS —ln beak% our minds tow ards
you with an epistle,and particularly authe subject came more '
dearly ender attention, an encparagement was felt, which la-
'dulcetly, to believe that in so doing we:oh:ill be as the way of
ear duty; and when that precious love which binds tegeilier
'the various members of the spiritual body is is dominion,
OW ditty is freely fulgiled. And as the collected Church of
Christ, gathered into his wine, and baptised into his spirit,
mot abide ander this powerful intluencetogeide hs proreed-
ingst ao also the members, in their separate allotments, can
'lad me serer means of being preserved, each in the way of
.his own duty, or of contributing, each his share,. to the com-
mon welfare„ than by experiencing " the Love of God" re-
newedly " shed abroad la their. heaths," But we know that
the loge of earthly things too often prevails, the harmony
if even religious society is mterrupted„ yea even many be-
Came spirilually "robbed and Spoiled." afar friends, all
.4 you who may hear or read this oar tender salutatirto, let
mi eddrem you in the language 'Of the evangelical prophet,
" Arise, shine :"10410 Whold'hakel the Lerd, lords never-
failing mercy, may dirk; the wordeet his. servants, which
of yon can lay that yoer lightie' tot" come?" Let it
be displayed in coaduct. Keep in ,view the twq great
tom otandmeets of perpelitel obliption—the lore of tied,
ted the love of our neighbour. The latter is the ground of
oar Christian discipline; and the -former* lb. life of our
spiritual worship. 'And we are persuaded that if, through
the redeeming pester of the Lord, and by confiding ill his
Aber and deer his guidance, we beanie settled in these lady
Allspositiansi if, to use other words, with gratitude, wateb-
felnese, mid lowlinemet ailed, we improve these het), gifts
of grate, they will never he taken (comas; but will remain.
and dread, when the veil of flesh shall be removed, and a
'Ceara. access be opeoed to the fountain of love? in a blissful
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immortality. •
M these annual assenthlies, when we are receiving accounts
of the state of the meetings which this Yearly Meeting super.-
dieteods, we have too often occasion of grief, in nearing of de-
fects which do out comport with a people professing to be
spiritually minded. Such are from various quarters reported
to us this year. Yet we are not disposed to enumerate them
pow I though we can readily trace their origin. But let ns
remind every ow mooegst as, that it is better to be willing .1
MI trace, each the origia.of his own defect, than to compose
bN mind by considering it it small one. The more we can
abide ender a sense of oqr own wants, the readier and the
more earnestly shall we. apply for help to Hite upon whom
help is laid. And probably the naturatunwillingoess there is
its thecreature to feel in itself a temimotty to its own Dower.
Mons, is one great reason. why no more are railed units
testimony-hearers to the Lord's ail-sufficiency and good,
It can scarcely be denied, that faithful labourers in his vine-
yard are still wanting. We noticed, in our tan year's Epistle,
the removal of many who, according to nor power of spiri-
Mal perception, might bear that appellation. The informa-
tion of the preterit year has added to the list of the dead, who,
we doubt not, have died in the Lord; and is st repeated call
to-the living, to look well to their foundations. This call
also has additional force, when we consider that other faith-
* servants are verging to the same solemn period—a period
which, though to them it may be unspeakably biased, will
depriye the church of their labours, and of the secret travail,
sympathy, and prayer of their spirits.
It is certainly not easy to compress the wants of the church
in • torte comprehensive term; but it seems as if one of the
liitch-words, peculiarly worthy of attention in thepreseut
;day, were, DEDICATION. Remember, dear visited friends,
that when Christ invites you to submit to his yoke, he declares
kto be any ; while the yoke of disobedience is known to be
heavy. Thos, while we are inviting you to faithfulness, by
the losses which we, are ready .to deplore, lit the departure of
"idols nod of hand-maids; aid by the joy that opened on
..their view atthey were entering on that nearer union with
Abele Lord i wit 4 Him " of whom the wbole family ig
tt yeti and earth is named;" we may Aridly say, Brethren,
filters, t' ye are all called ontq liberty,".even " the glorious
W liberty of the children of Gqd." And it is' with thankful-
ness that we perceiver as also we +doted last year, that very
maqy of oar beloved young friends of both sexes, seem Semi-
blethet the Lord's preparing hand is upon them. How then
do we desire that these may persevere in the Path of dedlcit•
Hoe I yea, thqt in their-love and service, "they-may "go on
66 trout strength tostreostb ;" until, having *filled their due
measure of sutler*, every one of them may 5' appear" with
.Ilose acceptance, "before God iq Zion"
'The assistint of the interior reported this year on• account
•of tithes,' priests' detithais, and•tbese tolled ciairCh-retes;
Mad fqr military demands, k inward§ ef IgsiBl. Team-but
year's Reis*, we adverted to the -Imprisonment of a few
trans men, wider ;he militia laws; and expressed oar. att.,
prehension that pore cases of that kierf would lotion. Our
belief of theattacluisset of moony tst dr youth to their peace-
able testimony,- iedocete this appreheasione2imd it has heed
verified by the contionnent of several more pa acceuntneghe
local militia, and of one for the common miiitiat ricotta
these temporary sacrifices Of liberty, demoottope a dispesl.
tioq whicltddears them to our hearts; nevertheless we cauT
not forget that they are yet het ID the bcsioning of their coupe
of eevetedoest; and, as lithe case in verities ways withtegme.
others. of 'our precious youth, are mitr only " the
". hareem." IF, day youth, yap are allowed to *else)*
peace* reward for your early suiseipion to duty, gratittide'
prompts youcstiti to keep your eye M your eoly guide, for
fertheraidifesttuioas et his will; and for further proofs of
his protecting are. And know assuredly, that if your driji
are prolonged tis a period at remit remote, mid eon are
preserved in the fear of the Lord, these, and all your mora-
les acts of ittunblesttaeineeette hie' cause, will hewed is
your reasenthrnace. • • • 7'; I^.
We base received at this flew epistles from all the Vet*
, shilaeriest. Yearly Meetings; in which, besides the hence
'Vigilance over the welfare of the society, we find a coatis:art.
ace attention to the same objects Otalestestailefieallitiftti,
'Which E7O mentioned last year : Munely,ttietinge'sf t* hack.'
people still held" slaves,„and the ilialllftS employed for '
vilizing.the Indiari Datives. The Epistle from 'lreland has
been ponlcularly gratefie to us, tioni we hate. not failed to
testify our unity with Meads in that eatiou.by, a few affec-
, flame nerds of reply. Liyiog as we do under the same Go-
vernmeot, and above all professing the same holy atel. uniting
, principle, we ate inclited_at this time to commend our friends
of the sister notititti'th the Continued cordial remembrance of
their brethren on this side Oedema:lel.
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Now, dear friends, 'we would mention one subject which
at this time has been under Our police; a anti= to ell, to
use moderation to their runner of Hybl; and in this way to
seek relief froni the iucreasingexpeace of the linseile which
we livc,:rather than by engaging in more extensive, and of-
ten hazardous schemes in trade. BY these latter mitre the
mind becomes encumbered, and unfitted for reliaionsservlCes
yea often for religious thought, and for breathiris daily aftEr
the spiritual rjche, which are to be eijayed in closet:oat-
manion with God. And let us beseech yon to comic*