Act of Parliament; and the people of ty, misery, human degradation, beyond Ireland now want that act repealed, what was ever before seen or heard of The King always had his Lord-Licute-in the world. It has been proved, iar nant there; and so he would again, the evidence and documents published by King's authority would still remain as the House of Commons, or, at least, perfect as it is now; Ireland would be printed by its order, that the people, his dominion, and the people his sub- throughout whole parishes, were, at one jects, just as they now are; all that is time, dying from starvation that they prayed for is, that Ireland may have her stole, for food, sea weed, which had been own two Houses of Parliament, as laid on the land for manure; that, as to Jamaica and Canada and Nova-Scotia clothing, they were in such a state, that have; and this is what Corruption's even grown-up women went about naked, press calls a demand to separate Ireland and that this was so common a thing, from England! that it did not shock the rich people to behold it. This is the great curse of Ireland; and if we find, as we shall, that the UNION is one of the great and obvious causes of this curse, ought not Mr. O'Connell to be applauded for his endeavours to remove that cause o

The reasons in favour of the proposition are numerous and weighty; and it is because they are such, that the lie about the design to cause separation has been invented. If it were not for the weight of these reasons, the foes of the proposition would not be so furious as they are. If it were a foolish, a wild, an absurd project, they would laugh at it, and despise Mr. O'CONNELL. They now abuse him; they belie him; they becall him; sure signs that he is right. CORRUPTION, with all her million of mouths, each like the infernal mouth (mentioned by St. John) pouring out blasphemies everlasting, assails him and his proposition; and therefore, without going further, here is strong presumptive proof that he is right; better, far better, proof than that upon which many a poor man has been hanged by the neck like a dog. Suppose you were to know that the DEVIL disliked, and was endeavouring to prevent the passing of, a certain bill, would it not be pretty safe for you to conclude that the bill would be for the good of mankind? When, therefore, you see all that body of persons, who are, collectively, properly called CORRUPTION; when you see them flying tooth and nail at Mr. O'CONNELL, you are to presume that what he is endeavouring to obtain is for the good of the people.

But, now, let us see whether there be not other reasons for this measure; let us see whether it be a mere whim of Mr. O'Connell, a mere means of creating a storm. What is the great curse of Ireland? The great curse is poverty amongst the industrious classes; pover

The cause of the misery of a people is either the barrenness of the soil, the laziness of the people, or some means by which the fruit of their industry is taken i away from them. The soil of Ireland is singularly productive; it produces meat, butter, flour, in greater quantity, in pro portion to its extent, than any country in the world; and its people are amongst the most laborious in the world. These are facts wholly undeniable. There must, then, be some means by which the fruit of the industry of the people are taken away from them. And this is the case, and this is the cause of that state of the people of Ireland, which is a disgrace to the name of the country and a disgrace to human nature. What, then, are these means, by which the fruit of the people's labour is taken from them? This is the question; this is the question! This is the question for us to answer; for, in this answer we shall find the good and solid reasons for a repeal of the Union.

There are divers means of taking away the fruit of the labour of a people. An invading enemy might come and carry off all the corn and cattle and wool and flax, and leave the people nothing but the roots and the straw and the weeds; and this would certainly produce great misery; but not greater, not more horrible, than that which we now behold in Ireland. The

invading enemy would be living, hot meat and flour and butter and woof only in abundance, but in luxury, while would be consumed there and the the people of the pillaged country people of the island must, of course, for would be in the most miserable state. the far greater part, live upon roots, Li the year 1822, when the late King sea-weed, or other substances, such as issued a sort of proclamation for causing nature never destined to go into the collections to be made for the relief of stomach of human beings.

the starting Irish; at that very time, Very little short of this is the actual while were thousands of the peo-fact of the case of Ireland. And now ple starving, from the ports of Ireland let us see how the UNION has added to there were daily sailing out ships with this evil. But, first, every brazen and oat number, laden with pork, bacon, greedy Scotch place-hunter will say, as beef, butter, and flour, bound to Eng- Doctor Black and Peter M'Culloch both land, or to some other country! Such said and swore, that this non-residenee' a sight was never before seen in the of rent and tithe receivers has no harm whole world. Such a thing was never in it, because Ireland must import somebefore deard of, Such a thing was never thing in exchange for her exported probefore dreamed of. A people, from duce. How is this to be, if the money whose toil had come all the food, lying that the produce sells for be handed down and dying with hunger, while over to the rent and tithe receivers, to that food was carried away to be eaten be spent abroad, to be spent out of Ire by people in other countries !**

land? They tell us of Jamaica: JaAnd how came such a monstrous maica is prosperous; the negroes do thing to be? How came it to be? It not starve, though all the landowners11 is always nearly thus, however. The live and spend their incomes in Europe, country is the most productive in the and though their estates are managed by world of meat, butter, and flour, and the agents, just as those in Ireland are. people, who raise all these, never taste Ah! but the labourers, the working of either, but live on the miserable root people, of Jamaica have the GOOD) along with the lean hogs, for to make a LUCK to be the PRIVATE PROfat one there must be some of the corn! PERTY of the rent receivers, who, How comes this to be, then? How therefore, take care to feed them well, comes the food to be thus carried away? to keep up their strength, to favour 1 will explain this matter. It arises from the absence of those who receive the rents and tithes of Ireland, and from the taxes. Suppose, now, that all the landlords of the ISLE OF WIGHT, and all the parsons, were to live out of the island, and to take away and spend the rent and tithes elsewhere, how would the farmers of the island be able to get money to send to them to pay the rent and the tithe B Why, they must sell the cattle, and corn, and butter, and wool, in order to get the money to pay with. This is the great cause of the suffer"/ But to whom could they sell? Not to rings and the everlasting discontents in't the people of the island; for they would Ireland; and this cause is, in a great have no money. They must, therefore, measure, produced by the Union, which sell them to people outs of the island has taken away the two Houses of Paten they must sends them away to other liament and numerous functionaries parts, there to be sold, and the money along with them which, las brought tabe paid to the landowner's and parsons these over to Englandei and, along with there; these would, of course, spend them all the landowners will a great I thehoney there friand the Isle of Wight part of the sparkonypistolunt the pros

breeding amongst them, and to supply them with the best of medical attendance when they are ill! The unhappy Irish want all these circumstances, which protect the lives of the Jamnica slaves,” and ensure them a belly-full of food fit for man. They, accordingly, live on the CORN-MRAL, - Sometimes on EÁT": and FLOUR, sent from unhappy Ireland { and never did it enter into the mind of slave-owner to make his slaves live on the filthy and accursed potatoes, no

duce of the country is sent away to be sold for money to be given to these, and the people are left to eat miserable roots, weeds, or dirt. A repeal of the UNION would, in part at least, remove this great evil, which, observe, is duly increasing; and it is notorious, that from the day of the Union to this day, the people have been growing more and more wretched, demanding laws still more and more cruel and an army more and more numerous to keep them down. And yet a man is to be called a traitor for using lawful means for the purpose of removing this evil!

Government the grievous pressure of the carnal and secular side of the Establishment upon your industry and your subsistence, had exen a prospect of redress, open from whatever region of the horizon it might been prem sented to console you, then, indeed your inter-M ference might be construed as ungracious and a stir, in the way of reform, amongst those, unnecessary. But, when there is not noticed i on whose side the origin of reform would be policy, it is well to observe the significant symptoms of disquiet and dissatisfaction a necessity and a relief. In point of principle, amongst those who need that reform, both as therefore, you are justified in meeting to express your sense of the evils which im poverish and afflict you. It should be your care, that the expression of that sense be redressing you, not by the show or the act of conveyed to those, who have the power of intimidation, not by the touching the hair of the most obnoxious tithe-proctor, not by

menacing the person or the abode of the flintiest peaceable and firm declaration of the several churchman in the land, but by an open, cases of injustice of which you have cause to complain, and that, either by a memorial or deputation to the Clergyman himself, or by numerous and repeated Petitions to Parlia

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My readers will bear in mind that I always said, that Catholic Emancipation ALONE would do nothing for Ireland; and that to effect any good purpose, the Protestant Church, the Law-church of Ireland must be repealed. This is another mighty reason for a repeal of the Union; for every man of sense must know, that an Irish Parliament could not now suffer that church to exist a year. Every man must This shows the real cause of one great know that every man does know it, part of the turmoil. In short, the people and every man says it, And it is this are going to the parsons, or their procin which every soul in Ireland is inte- tors, and demanding a reduction of the rested. If there be one Churchman to On last week the people went to a parson tithes, very much in the Norfolk style. ten Catholics and Dissenters it is as much. as there is. What a monstrous thing, on this business; the parson, whose then, to give three millions a-year to the name is Butler, shut himself into his parsons and bishops, and to make the took place; the parson had asked what house, and the following altercation Catholics and dissenters pay nine-tenths: of it! This is a source of heart-burnings not to be described: it fills the people with constant ill-will against all persons in authority and thus their hatred becomes fixed and immoveable. DocTOR DOYLE (a Catholic bishop), in a late address to his people, who were in a state of agitation, has this passage; pray read it with attention:

You have been driven by a system of cruel and rapacious exaction to assemble in those large masses, in which you are observed to congregate from some of the most distant parts of this county. While your assemblages are conformable to law, and devoid of the tendencies to riot or violence, I am far from saying, that they ought to be discouraged, Had the Established Clergy undertaken the reform themselves, which, it would appear, they prefer seeing others accomplish for their Church; had the resident gentry of the county Kilkenny the prudence to represent to the

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quest he would reduce the amount of tithes It was answered, that they appeared to res which the people felt as an insufferable burden.

Mr. BUTLER replied that he asked for no it was not in his power or theirs to alter the tithes beyond what the law allowed him; that law, which both parties were bound to abides by; that he had been for many years minister of the parish; and defied any person to say he had committed an act of oppression during that time, as a tithe owner; and that as he sought nothing beyond bis right, so he would continue to require every shilling of it, and could not consent to any reduction required.

Mr. KINSELLA said that a process for Mr. Butler's tithes had been left with a man named Whelan, whose wife at the moment had been. E carrying out to be buried, and whose four chil dren lay ill of fever, while their father had not a shilling to provide necessaries for their relief.

Mr. BUTLER, Junior said, Whelan had not paid tithes for two years before, and repeated (11. his father's determination to seek the payment w of all tithes allowed by the Jaws of sew JOR

One in the crowd asked, was it just to exact sums, even if permitted by law, which the people were unable to pay.

ME BUTLER said, certainly not, but let they landlords first reduce their rents, and-(Mr. Butler was here interrupted.)

The people called out that the rents had been reduced, while the tithes increased, and added, that the landlord gave some value for the sums demanded, while the clergyman gave none.

Mr. BUTLER I can have but one answer to give you. If the clergyman commits any out rage, the law is open for you to seek redress; but while it gives me a certain property I cannot be expected to give up my right.

every thing to be risked for the sake of upholding this church establishment? This last question is oue that the Ministers ought to put to each other every time they meet, until they have come to a firm decision; and, if they decide in the affirmative, let them make up their minds to the consequences, which consequences I do not think myself a fit person to describe.

PRESTON ELECTION.

Mr. BUTLER how retired, but was again In the report of Mr. Hunt's speech at called for, and upon the distress of the people

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being represented to him, said, he was sorry Bolton, there must have been an error for the distress, but that he had always been of great importance; for there he is moderate in regard to enforcing his tithes, ex-made to say, that he will " cept where he had to deal with rogues. A person called out to know would he reduce the 1,100%. he received at present to 4007. anaually.

reform that gives the ballot." What! Would he not oppose a reform that should disfranchise all the people of Preston, except men of 500!. a year rent! He could not say this, and nobody will

Mr. BUTLER would make no promise on the subject, because, being compulsory, he would not consider himself bound to keep it. Mr. BUTLER again retired, and Mr. Blanch-believe that he did say it. A man must field put the following resolution to the as however leave such matters to be set to sembly: duct. rights by time and by his general con

* Resolved-That as Mr. Butler refuses to “relieve us from any part of the burden which "the lew allows him to impose on the people, Something of still more import"we pledge ourselves to refuse all payment of ance took place at Manchester, an tithes hereafter, until compelled to it, by law account of which I take from the MORNproceedings." ING HERALD, as follows: "On NewHere is the point, then! To this it" year's Day, about noon, Mr. Henry always comes at last. So long as this" Hunt honoured Manchester with his establishment shall exist, so long will" presence. A party of the radicals of Ireland be in a state of commotion; and the town posted off early in the mornso long will the industrious classes of "ing to Oldham, in a barouche, drawn the whole kingdom have to be taxed to" by four horses, with out-riders dressed support A NUMEROUS STANDING ARMY! in scarlet liveries; and between one In the peace before the Union, about" and two o'clock Mr. Hunt and the four regiments of soldiers were kept up" party entered the town in this vehicle, in Ireland. Now it requires thirty regi-" amidst the cheers of thousands of ments, besides an armed police all over" wondering spectators. They drove the country, a thing never dreamed of " slowly through the streets, and proin the peace before the Union. Can" ceeded to St. Peter's-field (the site of this system continue? Can it last; and the appalling scenes in August, 1819, that, too, with that Republic in France," when Mr. Hunt was taken into cuswhich we shall behold before the month "tody.) From 10,000 to 12,000 perof June? Can it last, with the cheap sons, comprising men, women, and government of France on one side of" children, were attracted to the spot to us, and the cheap government and "witness the Hon. Member's display of prosperous and happy people of America" oratory in the open air.. After he obon the other side, and both of them" tained silence he addressed the multiwithout tithes? Can this system last tude in one of his speeches, in which under such circumstances? If it can," he adverted to the "massacre" of why then, let it; but, if it cannot, is it" 1819,pledying himself to bring a pronot wise to give it up at once? Or, is]" moters to justice-spoke with great

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severity of the Magistrates who were newspapers, thatthes people means to present on the occasion, whom he meet him, son Monday next, vaba tend pronounced to, be cruel, inhuman, o'clock, to conducts him intu London and unjust, and promised that he Dr. Black finds fault of this in his "would restore the people's rights by paper of the 6th instant, in the followingT his exertions in the House of Com-words At the time of the discussion "6 mons, The mob conducted them-" in the House of Commons on othe "selves with perfect order and decorum," subject of the legality of the procession "and not the slightest disposition to" of the trades to present an Address to "disturb the peace of the town was "the KING, we observed that, whether "shown. As the procession marched legal or not, all processions, in this s on the field, deafening cheers made" crowded metropolis were attended "the welkin ring, and shouts of What's" with great inconvenience. We are al' "Wellington's visit to this?' were very "very different people from our foregeneral. In the evening Mr. Hunt" fathers, to whom pageants and pro"dined with a numerous party of radical" cessions, while they afforded a salutary · "reformers, at the Spread Eagle Inn,“ excitement, could be productive of "Hanging Ditch. Whilst on the field" little injury. We appeal to all the "he looked exceedingly well, and quite " inhabitants of the Metropolis, whether capable, as far as bodily appearance" the preparations made for the Royal "extends, to go through a tough" Visit to the City did not for a week or piece of work' (to use his own words)" two, subject every person who had (6 in the House of Commons." "business to attend to much trouble. This is something tangible; the path" and annoyance, to say nothing of loss is plain for the fulfilment of this pledge," of time? We are induced to allude to the law is clear, and the precedents" this subject at present by the an! without end, if the charges be true."nouncement of a determination of the But no motion for inquiry will be of" friends of Mr. HUNT to assemble to any avail. It must be something clear," the number of 100,000, for the pur distinct, and specific; or it will pro- pose of a triumphal entry into the duce no effect upon the country. The " metropolis. We are sure that we promoters and the actors in the affair of" only speak the sentiments of most of the 16th August, did something unlaw-“ our readers when we express a wish ful, or they did not: if the latter, they" that all assemblages of this sort should ought hot to be accused; but if the" be discouraged as much as possible. former, the accusation ought to be spe- "We have no wish to interfere with any cific; it ought to be such as all the man's popularity, or to prevent any world can understand clearly; and" description of the people from manimade in a form and manner that will" festing their feelings; what we wish enable the accused parties to meet it" is, that some mode of manifestation point by point, fact by fact, allegation" should be resorted to, attended with by allegation. It is a most weighty" less public inconvenience." matter, especially when taken in con- This is pretty cavilling. What mode junction with the affair of 1817; and have the people besides this? No obthe present Ministry could not do a wiser thing, than now to prove that their professions and their protests of those years were sincere. Never was a finer speech than that made by LORD GREY on the Manchester affair of the 16th of August.

There has been a loud and general rejoicing in all the great towns through which Mr. Hunt has come, on his way to London and it is notified in the

jection was made to the intended Royal and Ducal procession; no fault was ever found with the crowds assembled to do honour to Wellington and the rest of that description; no fault of any of their processions; but, now that THE PEOPLE have a triumph, there is great "public inconvenience" in processions. What praises did we read of the procession and all the shows, got up, the other day, by the tax-eaters of Brighton!