lege; 47,4961. 9s. 1d. for Plymouth Yard; The rector was obliged to employ a proc 6.7911. 3s. 5d. for the out-ports; 57,4621. tor. He collects, as he can; and if any 18s. 7d. for the Foreign Yards; 54,4231. be defaulters, he puts in an execution, and 7s. 6d. for victualling the yards at Dept-seizes the whole property, potatoes, pigs, ford, Portsmouth, Plymouth, Chatham, furniture, and all: mean while the children Dover, Cork, Yarmouth, Malta, Cape of were starving: could human nature bear Good Hope, Gibraltar, and Minorca; it? The choice of Magistrates also, he 141,1211. Os. 3d. for the officers, shipkeep- thought very injudiciously conducted.ers, and men, borne on the several ships, The finances were in a wretched state. hulks, and small vessels; with the expense He concluded, by moving for a Committee. of wages to them whilst they remain in The Archbishop of Cashel made several ordinary; 3,4671. 10s. for paying a bounty observations on the subject of tithes in to twenty chaplains, of 4s. per day, who Ireland: he defied any man to bring for have served seven years in the navy; to ward a case of abuse in the collection of twenty at Ss. who have served five years; tithes by the clergy that should require to twenty at 2s. 6d. who have served four parliamentary interference; and he conyears on board any of his Majesty's ships tended, that it was a mistake, to assert that of war, provided it appears by the books of the land-owners had been successful in the said ships, that they have been actu-shifting the burdens of the tithes from their ally borne and mustered thereon for the above times; 182,960). 7s. 6d. for victuals to the officers and ship-keepers in ordinary, as also to officers and men borne on the hulks and small vessels; making 4,857 men for a year, or 1,772,805 men for a day, at 1s. 6d, per diem each; 113,1191. for defraying the expences of harbour, mooring, and rigging, 535,5891. for ordinary repairs of his Majesty's ships, docks, buildings, &c. in the several yards and offices; 1,019,7551. for half-pay, superannuations, pensions, and allowances granted to ofAcers in the military line of the naval service, their widows, relatives, &c.

State of Ireland.

The Marquis of Buckingham introduced the subject of the distressed and disturbed state of that part of the United Kingdom. He thought there were radical defects in the system under which Ireland was governed. It was their lordships' duty to examine the matter thoroughly. The thought of keeping a garrison in Ireland, a whole army, was dreadful. He would not fatigue their lordships with the Catholic question; but, that too ought to be investigated. He did not think lightly of the opinions of the people. He should restore to the Catholics, eligibility to every place of bonour and profit; some excepted.

But, this would do little unless the system of tithes was amended. The burden of these was taken from the landholder, and laid on the poor peasant's potatoe garden. But, the evil did not stop here.

own shoulders to those of the poor.

Lord Liverpool agreed with the Statcments of the Rev. Prelate. He acknow→ ledged the importance of the question. He thought the original system of Fovernment for Ireland radically vicious. But, so numerous were opinions, and so contradictory, that he had no hope for a happy is sue at present, He thought, that during the fifty years of the present reign, Ireland had been greatly attended to, and relieved. He did not mean to say, that because much had been done, nothing more should follow. Certainly, the evils of Ireland bad rapidly disappeared, her prosperity had increased beyond that of any other country in the world. If the agriculture of England had doubled, and that of Scotland had trebled, it was not unfair to assert that the agriculture of Ireland had quadrupled, and since the union, her commerce had been carried to twice its former extent. It was undoubtedly true, that in the course of the last summer it had been found expedient to put in force the laws for securing the internal tranquillity of Ireland, aud the conduct of government in this respect had met with the approbation of all parties. He could assure the noble Marquis, that government bestowed much anxiety on the subject of tithes, on the Catholic Question, aud on the Finances. He admitted the pressing nature of this question, and the importance of rendering Ireland a source of riches and of strength; but he did not think that a single practical object could be obtained by the motion of the Noble Marquis. The intervention of the authority of parliament might excite expectations that could not be gratified, and perhaps retard or defeat the very object in view.

The Earl of Rosslyn said a Committee would prove the most proper place for taking the subject into consideration.

He

said, many of the same evils had existed formerly in Scotland, but they were cured; why could not, these be cured?

POLITICAL PERISCOPE.

Panorama Office, June 27, 1516.

THE Session of Parliament draws to a close. It has been an auxions Session 10 all well-wishers of their country. It has witnessed events, in more than one instance, which were unlooked for by the most discerning-perhaps, we rather ought to say, which the most discerning thought proper not to make the subject of their avowed predictions.

The Earl of Aberdeen did not see how any practical advantange could arise from the proposed committee. When he said this, de did not mean to say that the greatest attention, should not be paid to the acknowledged distresses of Ireland. At the same time it should be observed, that the whole of Ireland was not in that extreme distress and agitation. The north of Ire land was tranquil, and in respect to its agriculture, more flourishing than many districts in England. Oue great imperfer.. Almost every part of the empire bas tion wanted remedy, the revenue-law, been mentioned in the course of the Ses which were, he conceived, productive of sion; but, not all, with that fullness and much at least of the moral evils of Ireland.distinctness of attention, which future op On the subject of Catholic emancipation, he would merely say, that though he did not expect that the removal of disabilities would dissipate all the troubles of Ireland, yet he thought the question should be immediatelyjusted with all temper, and in the spirit of conciliation.

portunities will demand. The domestic dificulties have been amply sufficient; as could not but be, to meet the new order of things.

The number and importance of subjects which may be expected in the next session,

shall add but little on the subject of home affairs; but, shail turn our attention to foreign parts.

· Lord Redesdale laid much of the miservis very great. And having said this, we of Ireland to defective education-little morals-little obedience. It was of the greatest importance to Ireland, that the Irish themselves should execute the laws, and reform their people He thought a better magistracy might be appointed; nor was that the only improvement wanted.

The Earl of Carnarvon was strongly in favour of a Committee; as was also Lord Holland, and Lord Grenville.

The difficulties attendant on the station of Sovereign are at this moment so notorious, that scarcely will any considerste mind refuse them sympathy. We have offered the crown of France, for instance, to half a dozen of our friends, who all declined the office. It is at once troublesome, thankless, and unprofitable. The PaLord Sidmouth said, the war had obrisians, iudced, have had a momentary ocstructed the improvement of Ireland, by casion of staring, bawling, and dancing i the effect of French revolutionary princi- but, not half so much as Buonaparte would ples on the opinions and conduct of the have given them. people. It was under the Noble Baron's own administration that a commission had been appointed to ascertain the best meaus of education in Ireland: and it was also under his administration that the encouragement of Irish agriculture had been consummated. With respect to emancipation, the Noble Baron had himself said that the measure could not produce good effects unless the Protestants concurred in it. Were the Protestants of this country disposed to concur in it? Would the Veto be acceded to, or any proper security given? A great cause of discontent was the tithe system. That was a grievance to be lamented; but, after the most attentive consideration of the subject, he could see no remedy for it.

True it is, that Buonaparte would have spent more money ;-and, without considering who paid the piper, the Parisians would have danced again, and again-tent mieux:-but the King of France is too heavy to dance-tant pis. The Duke of Berri has married a princess of the House of Naples :-but a prince is of no consequence in France till his family make him so.

SPAIN after France;-ever since Louis XIVth's time, whose vanity found a gratification in placing a picture, in the Grand Gallery of Versailles, of the pas yielded by the once paramount Don. Well then, Spain after France; and be it known, that

a whole dozen of friends have said no thank ye, to the kindest offer we could possibly make them of the Spanish Royal circlet. For, to say truth, the perplexities of go

verning a monarchy so divided as that of Spain is, exceeds all that can possibly befall private life, in an infinite ratio. To think of a civil war, in distant provinces, Occupying thousands of leagues; while discontents at home, embarass all advices that can possibly be given, all counsels that ean possibly be taken, all exertions that can be made, in whatever direction, is painful even in idea, and must be a thonsand times more painful in the exercise of a dominion, which is held at once of God, who judges the heart, and of the people, who judge every thing but the heart. Spain has not yet received a bride from Portugal.

because the lesser merchants did not pay them. Such is the wheel within wheel of commerce!

America is conscious of this wheel within whee!, and therefore grudges that her vessels are not admitted without restriction into the West India Islands. But why should not the vessels of the British provinces, which have retained their allegiance to the mother country, retain also all the advantages connected with it? It will give us sincere pleasure to learn that the exports from Canada, Newfoundland, &c. of planks and lumber, of corn and fish, with whatever else they produce, encrease, are encreasing, and are not likely to be di minished. Their prosperity is the prosperity of Britain, for long to come.

Canada and Newfoundland connect closely enough with Greenland, and Greeuland brings us round again, creeping by iceland to Europe. Here Sweden meets

Portugal, or rather Brazil, has lately been relieved from the charge of a Queen whose faculties were in no capacity for business. While his mother lived, yet evidently stood on the very, verge of death, the Prince Regent was at no loss for a reason for his stay in South America. Whe-us; a country whose present state we know ther he will continue in the same mind; not what to make of. We hear little about or whether he will return to Europe, will, it; cause enough for a profound politician now, be speedily disclosed. There is a to shake his head, doubtfully;-that little strange rumour of the exchange of the we do not know whether we like or not:kingdom of Portugal, with Spain, for procause more than enough for a very signi vinces beyond the Atlantic. Perhaps, the ficant shake of the head, and a ready sepaissue of the Princess, may unite the Sover-ration too, from an enquirer, with a SIR, eignty of both Spain and Portugal-one WE MAY LIVE TO SEE-YES, UPON MY lasting consequence of the French Revolu

tion.

The establishment, of a Court in South Amenca, is, in. itself, no indifferent consideration for Christendom:. combined with the Court of America, actually existing, and with the possible institution of Courts, in other parts of that immense Continent, the whole présents an object, not to be contemplated witliout emotion. For, these Courts will not be quite so distant as that of China, or that of Japan, or even as that of Persia, or that of Coustantinople: that is to say, the passage being direct to them by sea, and our own possessions being their neighbours, what their dispositions may be, will be of consequence to Britain. Report affirms that the army trained by British officers in Portugal, is under orders for transport to the Brazils.

As to the court of North America, it seems at present to have enough on its hands. It has not yet touched the contents of the Mexican mines; as should appear from the ill furnished state of its treasury. Money, the sinews of commerce, as of war, is so scarce, that some have not scrupled to affirm, that in Boston and elsewhere, there were no sellers, because there were no buyers; and there were no buyers because there were no payers; and there were no payers among the great merchants,

WORD-WE MAY

Denmark is intent on repairing her losses. She finds that nobody will do it, at her asking: she must exert herself.

Prussia is making very respectable advances towards her peace condition. She has disbanded her army, prudentially. We augur well on her behalf.

Russia, also, studies external Commerce, and internal welfare. Report states that she too, has disbanded her armies. Report sometimes deals in equivocations so neat that we know not whether to take her

words grammatically, literally, analogically, or metaphorically. Russia is a great power; and designs to be greater.

The Sublime Porte, stands a chance of seeing her sublimity diminished by the loss of a few of the Heron's feathers out of her turband. She has a difficult game to play. It is likely that her opinion will be asked, 'ere long, où points well worthy of her deepest attention; and among them a question or two from the Island which sent a fleet up the Hellespont, passing by the Dardanelles, to Constantinople.

That is as much as to say-the British flag must waintain its diguity in the Mediterranean, non obstante the Barbary powers-or Barbarous powers-as some pronounce their distinction: -But here ends the PERISCOPE of June, 1816.

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