Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-06-24

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pire which the times exhibit. The osntriPe.
ial force IS dissolved, and tbs several parts are
fiying oft irrecoverably.
r. s.-Sincs the above was in type. we
have seea a paragraph from an irish paper
which says, ave have been in the habit Of sen
ding sbou, rs 600 or i6 coo annusily to Cans
ia and the United States. have reason 20 be-
lieve, from a conversation with some persons
very coayersant is these matters, that the
| number will be more than trsblsd this year.
tn the port OF Sligo alone there are vessels
now lsdiug With passengers for Quebec, besides
two which have already sailed. For the last
! few weeks Gays communication from thst
| p,acs.-'zhols families Of comfortable lookjpg
persons have passed daily through Our streets
seated on carts Containing their luggage and
provisions for the voyage Our town actually
swarms with men, women end children, wait
ing for the sailing OF vessels from our port u
is said that a meie,y a, least Of the persons 60.
Tag are Pto,estsnts." The number Of emigran's
who arrived a, @ icbec in 1923 and 1879, Was
60 500. At N.York. during The seine period,
between 80, 800 and IS O00 A large por'io'.
Of those who land At Quebec, fud their wsy'
! n the course OF year, ioto The United State.
1.-THE subject Is important to The goseFnmen,
and,peoplc of Great Britain, tits scarcely les:
so TO our eountry.--A. 4 Jogr. Of Gem.
y iHsh Sdbtiag. --blsekwucd's Magazine for
Mag contains spicy article, sHt'tltd "lsiuts
to fhe two Houaes Of Parliament" which We
purpose 20 publish al length in a few dsys-
The writer, we dare say, will.neVer be hung
sorhis nnodes,y, snd certainly ne viii not for
iis attachment TO freeagade principles. On
the score Of monopoly, protection by high du-
lies, and hostility 70 reciprocity Treaties, he
gees for the whole. Nevertheless he says some
good things, and even some triie ihingo. Take
for instance the following, which we recon
mend to the notice of Mr.. Gag. breieGg, who
seems disposed TO make the contrast between
American aud Bai,sh shipping as vide IS pes
sible, --ssiF the former were going to dsstFuc'
ton, and The latter increasing with unsxampled
rapidity.--.W Jogr. IF Can.
You have fewer ships and sesmen than you
bad fifteen years ago; the number keeps de
cnag, and diminished as IL is, you have
constant fht. 9his You studiousy keep out
ofsight. aud when it is pleaded, YOU rdicuIe
it IS matter Of no consequence; because your
tonnage entries inWards and entwsrds have in
creased, \ London morning Paper lately call.
ed thesa entries 'the commercial navy" and
YOU practically adopt ia lndicrous hlunder,
Judging from your words, it eight he imsg,n.
ed that the U.ritnc powerof this comfy cen.
sists not in the number aid quality q rs shrs
and seamen, but 10 the number Of 10Y aEes they
caa make ia year. The increase in these en-
tries srises in large degree hom the steam
vessels let one OF these vessels Of 200 tons,
make Forty voyages in the ycsr to the opposite
coast aud she will contribute 5000 Ions to
your entries inward; let forty Of tnern OF the
ssma burden m,ks forty voysgss in the year
znd while they will only comprehend 5000
tees OF shipping, they will add 500 Geo tons
to your Inward entries There is, you say, an
increase in these entries-has = been caused
by an inc rease OF ships and sesmeni NJ The
latter have decreased. but they have been 10
the year more frequently numbers over, the
increase consists wholly Of fictitious ships and
se&men, but provided you have il, ynu think
The decline Of real ones matter Of no moment
According to your doctrines, the dwindling a.
way Of your ships 10 Atty sail would net be tie
least INJURY 10 your maritime power, provided
the fifty sail could give you as large entries in.
wards and outwards as you now possess
IN Iri.h Opposition. Yesterday, May +h,
there was 2 numerous meeting eff the Irish
members, held al the Thstched house Tssern.
SIR ohm Newport in the chair, when a series
Of solutions were adopted, expressive oftheir
detefym n alton 20 resist, by every mesns Of
their power, the Chance lor Of he Excheq uer's
inter dc d imposition of fresh taxes upon Ire.
land, viz; the additional du les on corn, spir.
its, camps, &c These revolutions received
last night in the House of Commons the sig.
Ratures of several other members connected
| with ireland. who had not attended the n.eete
ing. Times.
ospoN. MAY s, Evening We learn by
accounts from Hare, received 10 day, that
two American vessel. had lately sailed fer
New York. with great numbcr Of Swiss em
igran.s, as passengers, on board. These EN-.
| igrations SAID TO have been insiigsted by
the United States government itself, under
tie conviction that the presence OF Mss intel
iigTent formers there will tend to improve the
agricultural interests Of the country The
cEnigra,ons commenced so long bsck IS six
months ago. Hitherto they have bean ccn6n-
cd to persons Of superior intelligence in sgri-
cultural matters and not destitute of pecuns
~ mtsns. Nost Of the smigrsRts are aceom'
pnnied by their families and have taken with
them capitals Of their own, varying in amount,
from sc, COO to 80 600 frsnc.: they exchanged
their cash at HsVre for bills ofexchsnge on the