:. fpr. if we did not believe it, and looked on him “we wordling.looking sharp to himself and his Fncerns, we should say, “great indeed, is his in- in these prosecutions—a fine harvest agitation . (or him—only think of his getting 70.0001. to di- "e between himself, Halfpenny Kemmis, and a few \ ‘31 Crown Lawyers and Solicitors, he. Francis Black- . no, taking the lion's share.” It is also horrible to Expose that the said Blackburne and his satalltte kw ofCrown Lawyers, Solicitors, spies, secret a- gents, and. though last not least. Stipendiary Magis- trates, ever did, in their after~dinner cups. drink.— “ SuCcess to Terry Alt, Agitation. 'I‘ithes and White - feet ;:’_ oh no, they are good Christians. and would be p, to see disturbances continued. although it is so "‘1" table a concern to themselves. Who would derive I.beneﬁt in Ireland from good government and conse- , '~ might tranquility ? The Landlord ofthe soil, the far- ' met, the professional man ofability, the trader, and , the mechanic. Who would necessarily become losers In such a state ? Imprimis—the Attorney-General, to the amount of about 15,000], or I20,0001. a year. Next, the Crown Lawyers cu Circuit. Then, the Kemmis tribe ofCrown Solicitors, whose costs for those pro- secutions (failures or convictions. “ all alike."] are .mt'redibie. AndIast, not least, the Stipendiaries,—a ﬁcies of!“ vampire. becoming very numerous,— l-‘ﬁho I?“ 8001. a year each, “ while a country is f«Qturbe ." Again we repeat, that we believe men right honourable and immaculate who will endeavour conscientiously to restore tranquility and preserve the '. ‘peace ofa country, while they have a deep and posi- tive interest in the “ system" [we mean of coercion l misgoveruments which yields them such goodly Cofit. ‘fu’i’hat description of man and politician is the pre- Attorney-Gctieral :for the Irish Whig Govern- ‘e it; who had advised and adopted the pending pro- secutions ? He is a lawyer of very ordinary abilities. who, by close assiduity and greatlabour, worked his way ; and who was never, like his predecessors, dis- tinguished for pre-eminent talent in any particular \'aan of his profession. What are his political opi- ‘hns? lilibcral and totally opposed. as often ex- sed by him. to the policy of his present patron— ~it‘d-Erotunded bya family and connexion distinguished as Brunswickers and Conservatives. and himself a per- son who has attributed the evils of Ireland (in petitions and addresses “ signed by him") to the apostolic reli- gion of its people. Appointed Attorney-General thro' the paltry policy of the Whigs, who hoped thereby to disarm an enemy, he has worked on the wounded pride and scared feelings of a broken-down military qetrap, for pﬂ'rnission to put in force his own and his party‘s favorite plan of administering scorpions instead ? of bread to a panperized people. How is this gentle- man paid ? In addition to a handsome salary and u- l anal perquisites of the office, he receives large fees on . Amsecutions, whether failures or convictions, poli- tic or impolitic. He must have netted 10001. by the Special Commission and Assizes at Maryborough— . the Carrickshock Trials were worth to him at least 001 —Marum's Murder will be at least 3001. in his docket—and the Tithe Prosecutions, already commen- 5,..ed, for attending Meetings to petition Parliament. ex- ‘ elusive of the COMET, upwards of 40001. Pretty good extra pickings for six months 2 The Crown Lawyers on Circuit are, with a very few exceptions, either the senior brieﬂess Barristers of the Hall, or the alike brieﬂess, but junior members of the profession, who are sons to my Lord Hamilcar "I I’rosperity Plunket, or his brethren Judges of the land, --Barrieters wkogdo not earn at their profession in . Dublin seﬁcientto powder their wigs. It is conse-

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quently with anxious avidity they read thejailor's ca- lendar; and with alla husbandman‘s gratiﬁcation at the prospect of a golden and abundant harvest, they view a well-fed dock of Whitefeet in Clonmel, or Ter- ry Arts in Limerick. Though last not least. we have reviewed the Stipendiary Magistracy of Ireland, and we have found the appointments and the system to be as follovs; they are invariably either Gentlemen of broken fortunes, or Half-pay Ofﬁcers, possessing no " real" property in the country, and whom actual wants are thus provided for through the interest of some inﬂuential relative or patron. They are appoin- ted on the out-breaking ofdisturbances in acounty, at a salary of 8001, a-year each, to assist the unpaid Ma- gistracy ; and it is supposed that, when the district becomes tranquil, the Stipendiary is removed, and his 8001. annuity ceases—but, while it continues dis- turbed, he is paid this sum; his almost entire depend- ence for a respectable livelihood being on this annuity; and the posting on agate, or through the post-ofiir~e. of threatening notices, with a few peaceable tithe- meetings, constituting disturbance, in a district even where murder and midnight outrage seldom occur.— What is the inference ? What specres of political ju- risprudence is this? It is amode of administering Law, and, no doubt, a felicitous contrivance for dis- pensing the Proﬁts.

THE KL’V‘G’S SPEECH VERSIFIED.

My Lords and Gentlemen—The Session past, I'm very glad to set you free at ast; I thank you for your zeal in getting through— I can't say wliatp—l’ll leave that task to you.

You've all the Session raised a precious storm About that very weighty thing—Reform ; But as you're seldom busy doing good. ’Twas doubtless right to take what time you could, In dilly dallying with Russell‘s measure. Because you knew it gave the people pleasure. I brought it under your consideration In more compliance with that bruter—the Nation ; But trust ’twill only prove Reform in name. And that the State will still remain the same.

I'm sorry that the Irish won‘t be still Beneaththeir weight of tyranny and ill : But if the Tithe Laws lately made don't suit ’em, I’ll send some solders over there to shoot ’em : For laws how'er unjust. when once they‘re made, .Musthe. at any price. you know, obeyed. The Church will make the starving people pay, So they‘d best do so in a quiet way. They who when asked for tithe object to paying it, Must for religion's sake digest a bayonet. Nature has made their country quite an Eden [Its produce we have long been used to feed on.] In Erin's fertile garden corn would grow, lfthe poor devils had but some to sow ; But still e'en famine can be no pretence For their ingratitude to I’rovidenee.

A Bill has pass’d to educate the peasant: Larning, I hope, Will make starvaﬂon pleasant.

All Foreign Powers. lam glad to say. Are working with me in the usual way ; Among themselves, my worthy friends abroad, Conspire 'gainst liberty to draw the sword,- [join with them in wishing general quiet [Vida my sanction ofthe German diet.)

Gents. of the House of Commons ere you rise, Accept my thanks for liberal supplies.

My Lords and Gentlemen—Before I cease Let me entreat of you to keep the peace In your respective counties, and defend The laws authority—you comprehend ? For instance. if a meeting is not quiet, Just readthe Act which constitutes a riot, And if without elect, pray don’t be dilatory 1n having out our worthy friends the Military.

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Irregular proceedings must be stopped ;

Noisy mechanics must be promptly whooped ; Large mobs, by constables should be. helaboured, 0r, rif particularly noxious.] sabred.

To hack a limb, or break a crazy pate,

1s often needful to secure the State. I — igaro at London.

The State Pia—Thus say the Democrats-—“Every man of sane mind has a right to have a finger in the pie. to elect those who make the pie, and who tax us to pay for the pie. because every man is expected to obey the commands ofthose who make the pie. and is expectedto take up arms in defence of the pie; there- fore. every man ought to have a finger in the Public Pie."

Liverpool, Thursday Wight—“’0 have been visited to-day by Joseph Bnonaparte, cz-devanl King ofSpain, and brother to the late Empe- ror of France, who with his family and suite, arrived by the packet-ship ﬁlcrander, Captain Brown, rom Philadelphia, We understand that he will proceed to-rnorrow to London, and from thence to France; but whether his visit is in a political or private capacity we cannot say, but suppose the former. Immense crowds followed him, on landing, to the King’s Arms Hotel, where he has taken up his abode pro tem.

STATE OF THE COUNTY WESTMEATH.

We regret to state that this county is in parts, much disturbed. A barbarous and atrocious outrage was com mitted last week. upon a man named Coffey, at Knock- aville, by a mob ofpersons who savagely cut off his ears. Yesterday week, a large mob of persons warn. ed of the laboures of Rind. Esq, and ordered no one on pain of death, to cut his corn. Edward Briscoe, Esq. ofGrangemore, on hearing this, in the most spi- rited and praiscwortby manner. brought 300 labourers, and 150 horses and carts. and had all the ripe corn cut down and brought home that day. Mr. Bagge, Chief, Constable, attended with forty police to protect the men while at work. At Santown, in this county, two men took lands under the Courts, their houses have been twice attacked since, and the life of one of them, named Hines, was attempted last week. Captain W'ar- hurton and the Magistrates have been enquiring into the matter, but no person has yet been apprehended. 0n the morning of Sunday last, about seven o‘clock, a band of fourteen or ﬁfteen men attacked the house ofa man named Peter Croughan, about half a mile from this town .' and after searching for arms beat him and his wife in the most brutal manner, and asking for his bloody Brunswick sons. Croughan lies in a desperate state. After this daring and atrocious outrage, the party walked quietly oﬁl— W estmeath Journal,

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Captain Bradshaw held an inquest on Sunday last. at the Cross of Ardmayle, on a man named William Shea. who was most barbarously murdered between four and five o'clock of the afternoon before (Saturday) in apublic house, at the cross of Ardmayle. kept by one Ryan. It appears that this man was called upon Saturday, to assist in destraming part of the lands of Ardmayle, which was effected without opposition; as no stock or effects were removed or intended to be re- moved, but merely the form o‘law gone through. Af- ter this being done. the unfortunate man came with the bailiﬂ' to this public house, at Ardmayle Cross, where they were joined shortly after by one of the tenants of the name of Thomas Creagh, and were in the act of taking

some spirits, when in walked two murderers disguisedv