500 O'Connell 508 Colonial Office and a considerable number of
London merchants The Metropolis 590 Charge of Bribery :against the Tory engaged in the trade to Malta, lies before us. We had intended
to ins
Ireland . 501 A Substituto for Parliamentary insert it; d by want of room. The sub-
; but have been prevented
Scotland 503 Committee on Private Bills .... 509 stance, however, may be briefly stated. The merchants, in the first State of the Church 503 The New Opera 510 place, complained to Lord GLENELG of the customs-duties on Births. Marriages. and Deaths 505 Philharmonic Concerts 511 British and other merchandise in Malta ; and represented the in- POSTSCRIPT TO THE WEEK'S News- 505 The Conthict of Mr. Edward flora- jurious operation of such imposts on the commerce and pros- The Theatres 505 Welsh's Residence at Constanti- place of transit, and a depot for goods suited to the Mediterranean Tortes OF THE DAY- nople - (.'apt ain Back's Arctic trade. Secondly, the mode in which the cost of quarantine was What will the t 'amnions do with the ton 512 levied upon the merchants, instead of being a tax upon the island I.) ntililahl Bills 506 Fine Arts generally, all of whose inhabitants reap direct benefit from it, 517 was urged as a grievance. Thirdly, the interference of the Go-
vernment of Malta in the corn-trade of that island was strongly
NEWS OF T 1-I E WEEK. objected to. It was stated that the official people would purchase
and sell cnrn most injudiciously, buying it when dear, and
glutting the market with it in Malta when cheap; thus render- THE great outrage upon Ireland has produced its natural conse- ing the trade in corn extremely hazardous to individuals, and luences. The population of that country seems to have risen en manifestly, therefore, enhancing the price of it to consumers on masse, to testify its indignation at the conduct of the Peers. Never the whole. before was the movement of the Irish millions against their oppres- To this memorial Sir GEORGE GREY, by the direction of Lord sots so universal, simultaneous, and energetic. The Reformers of GLENELG, sent a courteous answer. Lord GLENELG is a Minis- Dublin had scarcely time to set the example of meeting to protest ter who knows what is right, though he may " the wrong pur- and petition, before it was followed in numerous places in the coun- sue." He did not deny that the policy recommended by the mer- ties of Cork, Tipperary, Kildare, Antrim, Clare. Kerry, Limerick, chants was sound : be admitted that their complaints were just ; Louth, King's, Carlow, Meath, and Kilkenny. From every county, but, with regard to the customs-duties, he feared that the Govern- city, town, and parish in 'Ireland, petitions, more or less numernusly ment could not do without them, as economy had been so signed, will be sent to the House of Commons. The excitement rigorously practised in Malta ; however, on the receipt of a report is not confined to the Catholics : the Protestants feel the wrongs full share of from the Commissioners then in Malta on an errand of general of a common country, and appropriate to themselves a inquiry and investigation, he would try. He regretted the burden
the insult which the Peers have cast upon the nation at large. imposed by the quarantine-duties, but could not undertake to re-
meeting on Monday.. This was a formidable display of physical move it. As regarded the trade in grain, he professed to see great difficulty in abandoning the present system, though he was force ; and the language of the speeches and resolutions was aware of the impolicy of turning a governor into a speculator in of that bold and decisive character befitting men who,
corn. He seemed to imagine that there was danger a a famine conscious of injury, know that they also possess the means of in Malta unless the Government kept up its granaries. On all redress. Tlw claim of ,the Irish is to be placed on a perfec points he promised "consideration." This reply from the Colonial Office produced a rejoinder from
never will as they never ought to rest, until the oppressive and the merchants. They informed Sir GEORGE GREY, that, in thearchives of his own office, would be found a report of Commis- insulting distinctions, set up by the Tories as a justification of their tyranny, are utterly abolished. One of the Dublin re- sinners appointed in 1830 to inquire into the affairs of Malta; and solutions calls upon " their brethren, the People of England that from this report he would learn the feasibility and propriety of and Scotland, to cooperate with them in obtaining for Ireland reducing salaries to an extent which would cover very nearly the the full benefits of those free institutions which the Irish deficit arising from the repeal of the customs-duties. They also People and the Irish Representatives in Parliament have been pointed out the folly of supposing that an island under British so mainly instrumental in securing for Great Britain." This protection, within a day's voyage of Sicily and the African coast, appeal must not be made in vain. The English arc slow to could ever want a supply of corn; though, when Malta was ruled move, in comparison with the more exciteable Irish ; but symp- by the Knights of St. John, and liable to sieges from the Turks toms of the desired cooperation are visible. Preparations are and other Mahometan powers, there was a necessity for securing making for a meeting in the Tower Hanfets; and we perceive a permanent stock of grain.
