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which according to the terms of
Iwas granted for the m
the vote, v
ployment of the poor, but which,
where there were no means of ems
ploying them, would be applied to
their immediate relief. The engi-
neer who directed the works to be un-
dertaken, had also a
act upon

dying with fainine amidst a su-
perabundance of food! Mr.
Goulburn, who has lately had a
large pension settled upon him in
case he should be out of office,
and who is now what they call
Chief Secretary of Ireland; this
Mr. Goulburn said that, with
every exertion on the part of Go-ference to any authority, that no
vernment; !
delay might interfere with the
efficacy of the relief (hear!).

but we must take his words; for this is a subject of too much importance to be past over slightly and to be easily forgotten.

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This is very pretty talk; but though no power on earth can i bring the dead to life, Mr. Gouls » burn will find it very hard to per-1 suade us, that the same powerwhich can shut people up in their houses from sunset to sunrise is not equal to the discovering of the approaching starvation of that same people. He will find it very hard to persuade us that those who possess the former power; did not possess the latter, and still more difficult will he find it to persuade us that those who could raise a surplus of five mil- › lions a-year as a Sinking Fund to add to the stock of the fundhold

Mr. Goulburn acquitted the Right Honourable Baronet of any but the purest motives, and assured him that he felt as deeply as the Right Honourable Baronet, or any Gentleman, the awful calamity; the more so, because with every exertion on the part of the Government, and with all the aid of man, much misery must take place. He alluded particularly to those parts of the country in which from the state of communications the conveyance of provisions was a matter of time and difficulty. He had that day received accounts to a degree confirmatory of the assertions of the Right Honourable Ba-ers, had not the power to provide ronet, as to the extent of the the means of preventing the starv suffering, especially in the county ation of those, whose situation of Galway. Some time since the they must have known so well, accounts from that county were so when they had the power too alarming, that though he knew the watch them so narrowly as to Lord Lieutenant was in commu- shut them up in their houses nication with the gentry there, be from sunset to sunrise. As to had thought fit to ship to two ports of Galway, cargoes of the most the giving employment to these portable species of provision, poor creatures; as to the laying. naval biscuit. In consequence of out of taxes upon public works." the intelligence he had received under an engineer in order to that day, he had directed further convey money to the starving shipments (hear!); and though all creatures to purchase them food, efforts might be insufficient to avoid was there ever such a thing heard. the calamity, they might have the of before since man was man ? satisfaction of having done all that. was in their power. In addition to How are the people to labour what was done on this side of the without the strength to labour water, the Lord Lieutenant had How are they to have the strength. now the additional sum of 100,000/. without first having the food?

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And then again, why not give | country. For such a case all laws them the money and let them and usages ought to give way; employ the labour upon the land; all maxims of policy; all rules; why, when they are in a state of all general principles. Ships, famishing for want of food, erect boats, vessels of every descrip public works out of which notion ought to be sent off, and food can come; why draw away from every port. If money were the food that is to be got with wanted there are troops, and they the money and employ it in a should be sent to seize the food way from which no creation of wherever it is to be found, until new food can proceed. - Vain, the shocking scene be put an end however, is it to put questions to. If we had been Ministers, like these to those who have the we would long ago have ascersupport of unreformed Parlia-tained the facts, and bacon should Mr. Vesey Fitzgerald, have been a crown a pound in who called Mr. Goulburn his London before a Catholic priest Right Hon. Friend, vouched for in Ireland should have been callthe fact, stated by Sir John New-ed upon to prepare his parishport, of the preparation for death by the Catholic priests. He eulogised the patience with which the famished creatures had borne their sufferings; and he was loudly cheered! We know not well what to say on the subject of this patience and shall there-proaching such a state, would fore hold our tongues. This gentleman related that an aged clergyman having received a dona tion for the famishing people, he was afraid to attempt the distribution lest his frame should be unable to sustain the pressure of the raving applicants. He, therefore, moored a boat at "some distance from the shore,

ioners for death from starvation. But what a horrible reflection that the people of only two or three counties in Ireland should be suffered to be in this state. If Herefordshire, Gloucestershire and Monmouthshire were even ap

Kent or Norfolk, or in short, any other county, enjoy, we will not say a moment's happiness, but a moment's peace, until the distressed counties were as well off as themselves? Where are all the other counties in Ireland? What are they at; where are all the landlords and all the clergy of that country? Are we told whence he sent the tickets for that the Catholic priests are pre"provisions from the store; but paring whole parishes for death, "such was the earnestness of and do we see amongst the means "the unfortunate claimants, that of relief a Ball at the Opera House "those who were strong enough in London! One thing it is ne"to bear the buffeting of the cessary always to bear in mind; waves, swam off to the boat, and that is, that Ireland has not clinging to it till he delivered been governed by jacobins and "them the tickets for the re- radicals. Let what may have "lief of their families.(Hear, | been the cause of these calami"hear.)"Such is the picture ties, we, the jacobins and radiwhich the Irish Members them-cals, have had no hand in proselves give of the state of their ducing them, to which we have

amuse ourselves with other expedients, such as are put forth by the stupid press of London can only serve to push things on to a state, to get out of which there is only one way.

only to add, show us, loyal men, | radical or there can be no cure if you can, that jacobins and ra- at all. We have never yet heard dicals could have produced a what are the means to niake this worse state of things. Mr. Wil- starvation cease; and we are berforce said that, whatever ino- firmly convinced that it will not ney was wanted on this occasion, cease with this season nor with ought to be given. ́ Holme Sum- next season, nor with any season ner thought an address to the until the interest of the Debt be Crown was the proper measure, reduced, and the taxation lowered. authorizing any expenditure that There is no scarcity except sçarmight be necessary. We, for city of money, amongst those who our parts, are for relieving the labour. To talk, therefore, of people, cost what it may. But, sending seed-potatoes, and to at the same time, pray let us make this observation. Money, it seems, is wanted in Ireland. Now people do not eat money. No, but the money will buy them something to eat. What, then, the food is there then, it seems! The proceedings of last night Pray observe this reader. Pray were of very great interest; but observe this, and let the parties we have not room for them until get out of the concern if they Monday. The Ministers were can. THE FOOD IS THERE; hard pushed upon the question of but those that have it in their the Salt Duty; and we hope, rapossession will not give it with-ther more than we believe, that out the money! And we know that branch of tax-gathering will that the food is there; but since be yet completely taken out of this famine has been declared in their hands. Parliament, thousands of quarters of corn have been imported every week from Ireland into England! It is the money, then, that the poor creatures want, and that they cannot have except a part of that is restored which has been taken away from them in taxes. To this point we always come at last; here is the immediate cause IRISH CATHOLIC CLERGY.-Mr. of all the evils that afflict the J. Brown gave notice that, in the country. -In going downward, first week of the next Session, he we next find the debt and other should bring forward a motion consequences of the war; and at for providing for the Irish Cathe bottom we find the root of tholic Clergy out of the public the whole, the want of a real Revenue. And we give Mr. J. Reform in the Commons' House Brown notice, that we shall with of Parliament. The evil is ra- all our might, with whatever dical that is to say belonging to means we may possess, oppose the root; and the cure must be any and every such project. It

JULY 1, 1822.

IN the LORDS there was nothing worthy of particular notice. In the COMMONS the subjects were:- Irish Catholic Clergy; Roasted Corn; Scotch Juries; Case of Borthwick; Suurin ; Salt Tax ; Filling the House; British Museum.

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will be a pretty scheme indeed, while two-elevenths, or almost one-fifth of the whole of the produce of the land in Ireland, is bestowed in patronage by the Government and by the great fa- SCOTCH JURIES-A dismal sub milies for the support of the Pro-ject; and one that will never be testant Church, and for the con- settled in the manner that it ought yersion of Catholics to the Pro- to be as long as the Parliament testant religion, the people of remains unreformed, England and of Scotland were to BORTHWICKA Petition was be called upon for a part of the presented from him by Mr. Aberfruit of the sweat of their brow to crombie. Our readers will recolsupport the Catholic Clergy of lect that this man was the Editor Ireland! Oh! no! We shall and ostensible proprietor of a: not quietly submit to a scheme Pittite newspaper, the business of! like this, and of that Mr. Brown which was to assault and pull may be assured. If the Catholic down the Whigs; that Borthwick Clergy be to be supported out of took in a partner of the name of taxes, let those taxes be raised Alexander; that Alexander bought upon the land and labour of Ite-him out; that Alexander did not

country people make it for them... · selves; and competition will soon: cause it to be sold in the towns at: such a price as will leave reason~· able profit, and no more..

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pay him; that Borthwick then went back and took possession of the office; that he now took away manuscript papers in the office; that he showed some of these papers, and amongst the rest, those written by Boswell, which produced the duel between him and Stuart; that Borthwick was afterwards laid hold of by the law, charged with felony for taking away these papers, and otherwise dealt with according to the fashion of the Lord Advocate of Scotland, who had been one of the proprietors of the newspaper in question. The present preceedings in the House about this Borthwick are manifestly intended to worry the Lord Advo- ~ cate and the Government on account of these stretches of power

ROASTED CORN.-Mr. Lushington moved the third reading of the Roasted Corn Bill. Sir Robert Wilson moved a clause for remitting the fines that had been imposed upon the roasters. Upon an understanding that the fines were to be remitted, the motion was withdrawn. We are very glad that this thing is called by its plain name at last, and we shall not be at all sorry at an effectual prevention of selling it under any other name. If it had been called roasted corn from the beginning, there never would have been fine or prosecution. We repeat, for the information of our readers, that rye is the grain to make it of; and it is very well known that rye may now be bought for little more than a half-with regard to Borthwick, who penny a pound. Properly pre- complains of having been unjustly pared, the rye coarsely ground as imprisoned and cruelly treated in coffee is, is not inferior to coffee prison. Our readers will look at in smell or taste, and is wholly the conduct of Borthwick; they free from its bad qualities. The will see that he had been the in

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strument in spreading all those irritable state about this Borthatrocious calumnies that theWhigs wick, said not a single word upon complain of; and, while they will that petition! Poh! let them by no means, we trust, approve take their Borthwick and make of unjust imprisonment or cruel the most of him. Let them take treatment in prison, let the par- him into their own employment. ties be who they may, they will Let him form part of their relays. also, we trust, reflect that the of gossippers that ply between case of Borthwick is wholly un- Brooke's and the Lobby of the worthy of notice when compared House; but let not us bother our with that of Mr. John Knight, brains with this Whig and Tory Mr. Dewhurst, Joseph Swann, squabble. and scores of others, of which SAURIN (late Attorney-General· the Whigs have taken no more in Ireland).-Incidentally there notice, than if these men had came out a sort of question from been only so many sparrows or Mr. Brougham to the Ministers so many mice.-Look at Mr. relative to a letter, said to have John Knight's Petition (inserted in been written by Mr. Saurin to the the STATESMAN a few days back); Lord Chief Justice of the Com- · look at that petition; there the mon Pleas in Ireland, contain--Whigs might have found some-ing matter, as stated by Mr. thing worthy of making a debate Brougham, suggesting to the about. We have no scruple to Chief Justice to make use of his say that we care not a straw what official situation on the circuit to * becomes of the country, unless produce certain political effects, that very man's wrongs be re- and especially to the return of dressed. God knows how many Members to Parliament. Mr. years of dungeoning he has suf- Brougham said, that he had read fered. Whole months he has this letter in the Morning · Chro 'been loaded with irons; and, after nicle of that day. Upon referring all, sedition is the highest crime to the Morning Chronicle we find ' he has been tried for. He has it stated that the letter was picked been kept in gaol altogether more up on the quay of Dublin some than a year, first under an alleged little time ago. We inserted it suspicion of treason; and then in our paper of Saturday last.under a charge of high treason, Mr. Brougham's object appears and under that charge prevented to have been to get from the from being out on bail until the Ministers some acknowledgment time came for trial, when the upon the subject.-Mr. Peel ancharge of high treason was aban-swered, that he knew nothing of doned, and he was tried for sedi- the letter that he was willing to tion and clapped into a dungeon believe, that Mr. Brougham had for two years longer! All this reluctantly made this notice of a was stated in his petition pre-private letter, alleged to have sented to the House of CoMMONS been found in the public streets, within these three weeks, and the and which, if it were so found, tender-hearted Whigs, those vigi- Mr Brougham must have known lant guardians of our liberties that the person who found it, inand lives, who were all in such an stead of giving it publicity, ought