The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-11-24 00:00:00

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With regard to the proportion which, by the Union,"
she was to boar of the general expences of the Em-
pire," he would say that there never was a mode so
fallacioae di that which ,was adopted in extenuating
that proportion.: It woald be for the permanent
goad of Ireland that the article of timber should be
as low, and as easy of purchase as possible. There
wit i great disposition in the landed proprietors of
that country to remedy the present condition of 'tits
peasantry ; but if timber was kept up at so hi-
price, it wohld greatly impede their efforts in aarm•
plishing that desirable object.
Mr. FITZGERALD and Sir J. NEWPORT ex-
plained. •
41r. PEELE expressed his satisfaction at what hot
fallen from a Right Hon. Gent. (Sir J. Newport),
that the peasantry of Ireland, would prefer their pro,
sent mode of subsistence, ewes if they were enabled
to obtain wheaten bread. He was glad he had lent
his'authority to counteract a great delusion which
prevailed isr.this country *pen that Subject, and be
way equally glad that another Right Hon. Gent.,
(Mr. Pousonby),• had testified the fact, that theC
landed proprietors in Ireland were anxious to amok.:
orate the condition of their tenantry. On both these
te•)ics he knew that much misapprehension existed
here. He firmly. believed that there were parts of
England in which the lower orders of peasantri
were worse provided for lu every respect than itf My
part of Ireland.
• Mr. PONSONiIIf and Mr. PEELE mutually ex-
plained. •

Mr. COURTENAY spoke. against the measite.
There was in Ireland, as. every body knew, an ad-
mirable spirit of improvement, which ought to be
eneuertged ; but he thought the direct effect of the
pvesent Bill would be to check it. He should prefer,.
if Po other remedy were attainable,• that the propor-
tion which Ireland paid towards the general revenue
of the empire, should be attired, rather than consent
to the adoption of this measure.
Mr. ROSE supported the Bitly.and denied that
any hardships were inflicted upon Ireland, far at the
time when. the high duties were imposed on timber
from the North of Europe, that from oar own Colo•
pies came in free. •

The question was then put and carried.
•PRESERVATION OP THE PEACE IN IRELAND.

Mr. PEELE moved the Order of the Day for the
BONO to resolve itself into-a Committee on the Bill
to amend the Act for the Preservation of the Peace
iti Itelaed:
Sir J. NEWPORT said he had no objection what.
ever to the principle of the measure ; but he wished
that, in conformity to the ancient law of England in
this respect, the vicinage on which the provisions of
the Bill were to operate, should be more distinctly
marked. In many cases the disturbance might exist
in a single parish dr townland;* but by the use of the
vague word " barony," it would frequently happen
that a large district in which no fault had been com •
mitred would nevertheless be visited with punishment.

The House thee resolved itself into the Committee.

Mr. PEELE expressed his concurrence in the
propriety of the observations of the Hon. Baronet.—
This fact was, that the Bill was introduced for the,
stiffest; purpose of lessening the burdens of the ori-
ginal measure. An inconvenience might arise, how-
ever, from confining the operation of it to a too
limited district. indeed it could hardly occur that
a disturbance should take place in a single parish
or townland ; and if it did, the expense that would
fall on that spot would be too enormous. Perhaps
it might be well to give the Lord Lieutenant power
to declare " a part," or 66 parts," in a state of dis-
tarbance, leaving the extent to his discretion.—
[Hear, hear ! from Sir "Netoport.]=—He would
not actually pledge hitnilirto the support of such a
propositieu ; but he should like to hear what could
be said in support of it, and it might be embodied in
a clause, and attuned to the Bill at a subsequeut
period.
Sir J. NEWPORT said that the mode hinted at
by the Right Hon. Gentleman met his ideas per-
fectly. fits object was to narrow the visitation of
the measure in any way that should make it cont.
mensurete with the district in which the • fault had
been committed.

The Bill then went through !the Committee, and
the Report of the 13111 was ordered to be received on
Friday.
Mr. BROGDENArought up the Reports of the
Committees on the Promissory Notes Bill, the Neu-
tral shipping Bill, the Wool Bill, the Foreign Ship-
ping Bill, and the East India Goods Bill, which
were agreed to; and the Bills were ordered to be
read a third time to-morrow.

Tho Irish Glass Excise Duty Repeal Bill was read
a third time and passed.—Adjourned.

The presumed illegality of continuing the Malt
Regiments embodied, rests, we understand, on' the
111th Clause of the 42d Geo. 111. c. 90. which alone
specifies the distinct purposes for which the Militia
may be moved out of their own counties—viz. " For
the repelling and prevention of any invasion, and
for the suppression of 'any rebellion or insurrec-
tion." The legality of the measure, on the grounds
stated by Ministers, being a separate question.
There was a mistaktin the statement that the Duke
and Duches of .Bcoroati, their family, and suite, ;
had sailed or England. It was the Duke's three
sons, by the present Duchess, who sailed for Ent.:
land, and arrived in London en Monday. Their
Graces sailed in a man of war up the Mediterranean I
for Naples, with their niece, Lady MONTAGUSI
who, we are concerned to say, has very little im-1
proved in health by the climate of 11-vottgal. Their,
Graces are not expected in Kaiikt till the ensul*
summer.
A Dublin Paper of Satesalay contains the follow-
ing :—ln addition to the accident caused by prepar-
ieg detonating balls, whichlad nearly proved fatal
to that ingenious chemist, Mr. Bedlam!, and almost
deprived him- of sight, we have now to record
another, most tragical indeed in its consequences.—
This day, about twelve o'clock, a quantity of this
dangerous preparation having ignited, burst with a
tremendous explosion, at the house of Mr. Jaaillion,
in Capel-street, killing his wife, and dreadfully
lacerating a young man who acted as shopkeeper!
The Americans launched a 74, at. Portsmouth,
New Hampshire, -on the Roth of September. They
hauled her the lashington.