Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-07-31

SATURDAY ana yesterday were about SUOO bags each
day Prices are very steady and the article is not
pressed upon the market much as il was The
lower csslities of Sea Islands and very superior
Uplands, are much wanted, and he former are like
iy 70 advance little more. while the middle quail
lies not Of ready sale.
American Flour, new. in bondl 25s Cd 10 as
! Oh. per barrel OF 1876 lbs net; European. fin
bOndl os. to 0s.; Sour, Tout of bonJl 2Ss 10 as
Canadian, treel 0s. to 0s.; India Corn, per i'm
perial quarter, SSs to dos.
! From another letter, same date
" no arrivals FROM the United States since our
last sales of Cotton to-day 1900 TO 1000 bags,
considerable portion of it Brazil. Prices steady
"June IS No change mot much doing in
Cotton prices merely steady"
On the 30,h May debate took place in the
BRITISH House of Commons, in regard TO Irish emf
grafton. The following speech made the occa-
| sion embraces some curious particulars
"Mr. Leslie Foster hoped the House w ouId al
low him an opportunity of stating or two facts
connected with the subject, which be thought ell
worth their consideration. The committee, pf which
/ he had The honor TO be one, unanimously OF
opinion that there were many places in Ireland,
where the population was so dense, the land could
not possibly produce enough FOR the support Of it's
Irish proprietors had in Consequence
OF their conviction OF that inability 10 support the
people, actually determined to clear their lands
OF all the surplus population. Il had come to HE
|
driven upwards of 1900 per.ons in this manner
+, from his estate, and turned them loose upon the
country. He did not mean, however, TO censure the
| conduct oil this or any other Individual. There
could be 10 doubt that their conduct was perfectly
unsuitable, bur lie thought it right TO say, that the
| gentleman who had driven so many persons from
his estate, by splendid exeriion of his resources
gave them all employment elsewhere. Thi. was
however, an extreme case; but the same Principle
| IL oush' TO be understood, was more or less in
| operation throughout The whole OF he kingdom
East, west, north, j south, the landed pro pretors
were ejeciing the surplus population from their
estates, and, OF course, adding, in a manner
which he would not pain The feelings Of the House
| to describe, to the mass of wrethed paupers with
which that unhappy country already overrun
Some OF these persons found refuge with thei,
triends-a great portion of them took up the.
! residence In the suburbs of large towns where,
dwelling in the most wretched novels they ,lragg ad
| on lite OF misery. from the hope of occasional
days OF labour, in which they were often unhappiiy
disappointed; but still greater number came over
TO this country, where they added TO a great extent
10 the necessities OF its population. Ii was worthy
OF observation that the Invention of CONVEYANCE BY
steam, so desirable in every other respect, had
added most importantly to tue fscili les of this
passage. There were it might be>said, four or Il
great bridges, over which passengers of this di
crp'ion were continually crossing from Ireland to
| England and Scotland.
Ii
pool, from Dublin to Bristol f ON Il -lfast 10 GIas
gov, and several other places By their means
The inhabitants of Ireland enabled to convey
themselves to this country so quickly, and so
| cheaply, that be believed he might say that the
whole population of Berlin, Madrid or Rome did
not equal the number of Irish now collected in
this metropolis. He knew an instance in which
an effort bad been made by gentleman of property
in the vicinity OF London, relieve the parish from
the number of Irish with which it was infested
through the means of legislative provision To be
! passed at the eXpence of the inhabitants By con-
! veyinS the whole of the Irish to their own coun-
tIyj but as might have been foreseen, the momen.
they arrived there, they walked back again as fast
as their legs could carry them. Il was Obvious
therefore, that to put an etfecual stop this influx
they must cut oil the source from whence it came
Tor II they persisted in giving il only partial vent
The uacuiUH will be Sled up almost as soon as i;
is created. There had been partial checks, it wa.
supposed, TO The increase of population hut expert
ence had proved that their effect was MT so great
as many persons seemed to suppose l; had been
imagined that the continual drafts from the popuIa.
lion oil Ireland for the supply olour armies & nayies
would check the increase of population; bu, il
was found that Ireland more popuIous by thre
millions at the termination of the var than il had
been at its beginning. In the same manner France.
it was supposed had been drained of her population
! by conscripions and by the distractions of The
revolutionary wars, and yet France was found to
have gained five six millions OF inl abitants al
| the conclusion OF hostties. The remedy for the
disresses of Ireland uldoub eddy the reduction
OF the number oil small farms. Upon that point the
committee agreed. They were ssrecJ, too
upon principle of relief which be thought could
MOI be too soon adopted; and bat was, that the
Irish landlords should take upon themselves the
expense of transporting The surplus population of
their respective estates TO Canada
Referring to this speech, the Editor of the I.on-
don Morning Chronicle makes the annexed re-
! marks
"Fhere can be question that the surplus no.
pulaion OF Ireland was great curse both to that
country and 10 this. 1t is however, much easier 10
tel the evil, than to point practical remedy
Till however the of the disease is reached it
il in vain 20 think of remedies for England alone
Ireland must either be cleared of her surplus hands
or all intercourse between the two islands must be
suspended, and that is remedy which never would
be sgresd to. Il is clear, that if the nation were
lords OF their surplus population, the void would
Immediately be filled. 10 secure the country against
| recurrence of the evil the Legislature must in
some measure. reach the Landlords. To make the
change Of removing burden all those having
interest in the land, would of course, 90 good
way towards enlightenng the minds of the pro-
prieors the subject Some bold m ca SUI u i be
adopted.
Turkey has sometimes been compared TO Ire.
land bur the disease Of Turkey of an opposite cha
racier. The population does not increase. The
Turks, who love incidence above all things, cali
the plsgue the blessed, as by constantly thinning
the population, it frees them from all anxiety for
food. Under such state Of things there can be no
improvement for il is tie tendency Of porlu!ation
to increase which stimulates individuals to exgiion