The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-03-23 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMANT. HOUSE OF LORDS. Tmt ItCDAY. MARCIE it Mr. Rumor' anti several other Menthers, in cots- . 1 prtance with their Lordships' request, brought up a copy of the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Drampounil Co:ntuittee.—Laikl on the table. Mr. Batosto:r4 also brottalit up the Husbandry Horses Duties Bill, and several private Bills, which Wire read a first time. ' The hint's Bench Court Disptch of llnsiness Bill ma, read a second time. . The Mutiny, and the 11arine ,Miteiny Bill', Arent through Committee% respeetivelv, and tVere reported The Earl of VERULANI pri.entril a Petition from the parish of St. Mary itr.lelitr, in the city o f Bristol. against the R 0 ,11311 Catholic Chios. Laid on the table.—Adjoerned. 11otsr OF COMMONS. The 11nuce went into a Conaniitter on the Salvage Art 4, in which it wat reNolveil IA snore the 'lunge for ?rave to brin¢ in a 11111 to ntnetni the .aid Arts. The flnttte mauled, and leave was given to bring in the SMUCCaI.INO. Mr. CITTEIS called the attention of the [lrise to the recent conflicts between smoggier , and the men employed on the coast for the prot.,*ctityo of the reven re. He read several letters on this subject, de:erileing some of the encounters which bad taken plum., and con cluded by moving for a Return cf all Inquests take* on the bodies of persons who It lest their lives in opposing the preventive men, anti likewise returns from the sevoral Commanding Officers on the coast 011 C-e men that hail fallen in this service. 'I he cri.tm.r.l.Loit of the ENCIIE4CER was L. , ' too well aware that ROMP circuttistan-es like those fleseribeti by the Hon. Gentleman had oven: red. These, Lowever, were about to bevisme the stihjects of juai. t ial enquiry elsewhere, awl pending the oming trials, h.• hoped the Hon. '.l:enther uonl.l let% e no objection tv withdraw his motion for the present. Mr. WA RIM was not aware that the lion. Member Sustev was about to bring forwanl this motion, but dal not see that he ought to withdraw it from those 'eelings of delicacy snegested by the Clettorellor of the P•xclieqtt:v. The Right Hon. Centletnan said, do not i:. , titate an inquiry now, as juslic:al inquiries were ecing on elsewhere. That %vas certainly trite, and *to would confirm:, sit long as the present system was is operation, fur it was not to be supposed that there w. old be any tinting off in the practice of smuggling. aftl consequently there would always he inquiries else where. lie hoped be might be al - lowed to say a few words on the encouragement :riven to snillZglinC. It was onslerstood that a cargo of contraband goods were expected on a particular night. It then became an t. , .ject with the parties concernel 'o provide a suffici ent force to oppose the preventive men. They there fore offered any peasant fourteen shillings who would a list them for a single night. In one !right the pea • tnt might Oita, olorain the price of a whole week's lattour. This nas a :emptation toot to he re-isted, and it was one that was created by the revenue laws. Mr. LOCKHART thun , lit this not the most fa v.,:trahle moment for making the present motion, and t:•• tit .. ght there would be no inconvenience in post rating it till after the assizes. lie ettlarzed on the venrinity of the offence of smuggling . , and fur his own p votold not feel touch regret for men %%Ito fell op ruiiiaz those whits: duty it was to protect the revenue. slid with it the industry of the conntrv. Mr. 111 itsT thought no time more proper than the vt:sent for bringitrg forward this motion. If it were deferred till there were no prisoners in jail, it would never he brought forward at all. Ile commended the subject to the Chancellorof the Enchetiner, and hoped tLat he would discover a siay of I ' l 4st:4-tine. the reve ?.tie with more humanity, an %vith less of military tome. Mr. lA'S'', NOTON hoped the Hon- llember would nilltdraw the motion till the pending trials were over., Ile statel the present systent to have succeeded in' 1: pressing the practice of smuggling. No man tleitlore more titan he di.l, the encounters whirls Isd taken place. He admitted the temptations held to the poor to assist smoggier. were gre;lt, lint he not see that those who matte the present law% n:re to blame for this. He hoped the motion would h. , withdrawn. and the lion. 3lettolter might he as '':red, that Ilovernment would do every thin° . in tl cir power to prevent the recurrence of scenes of 5i r. WAItRF. expl tined. 11r. BENNETT could ere no remedy for the evi .t rednution of the limit-4. II the .v.tent were rergevered in, a lareer army would be called for. 7 tnil .. enc.. of violence would continue. Ile cou'd disru vor no reams,' for witharawin, the motion. Mt. CURTEIS in truly said. he bad no objection :ttspenri the motion for a time. Ile had ()diet pe titions on the same subject which he hail deferred, te at they might not prej u dice the pending . trial.. Ile would withdraw hi. motion, and wished it to be cunsi i'ered hut a. a notice. On the mothsn of Mr. BENNE rT, areonnt. of the .1111,4 paid to the Duhlin Patriot, the Correspondent, and the Hibernian Journal, fair Government adver t' onasento. from the sth Jan. 1?.Ilts. to the sth Jan. 1 020, were ordered to be laid before the Mom.. Mr. J. P. ORANT !sealed to be encit.ed from fon-• t' et attendance on the Committee of Scotch Burghs. ile briefly explained his reasons for wi.bing to with. Orate. nbich were similar to thow stated on a like ap Ora inn by another Hon. Member. lie wa. excused from further attendance. Mr. 11011110 USE gave notice, that on 'rlinrslay n.-tt he would move for the repeal of the Foreign Leave 11111. • Mr. OBENFELL gave notice, that on Wednesday he woubl move for Returns connected with the Silver Purchases at the Mint. COLLECTORS Or THE REVENUE. Mr. HUME calved the attention of the Home to the system at present acted upon .with respkt to the etecrisev4 tteneral of she Land -.Tat and Assessed Taxes, and the Distribitturs.of Stsuips. There were 65 Receivers lleneral in England, and one in Seale land, and 91 Distribute* , id Alnraps. making alto. gether 157 place situations s. a peat •portion of 08,41 were sinecure others which usigbt•be. Abolished with out inconvenience to the 'mirky, nod aa.he watt tan tend *itb great benefit le the country. Of the Re crivenUencrel. tbirtrfout redeemed the duty entirely 11 1 16 .. gerfornsed it jeltitly ..der pa -gamed it tint by al, received i Pry large sates as p 'lets lit lost little; lane with atitatba a:taunted to 641/. Those who hail received most performed the (knit." o: the s:tnation by ilersity. It had 'wen Laid dim .1 in the rep art of a Committee of 'lilt hail r, as a *nixie', that where the duty wholly performed by iterate, Oleic , was priPiti firrie evidence that the expense of the pritieipal might be saved. lie' was lif opiidois that all the Receivers lianwral might 1W doll.' suss. 1 u I .1:1 11111, all the sines raised in the , province: were transmitted to Vithlin, and in Scotland ni the :a.iiiie oiansier the itiamieut collected were trane. id:tied to the Receiver General, whit resided in the 3letrop.dis. Ile could n o t see why the same 'night not lie dime in Ent; LA MI, and dmn upwards of 441,4111114 iiii;:ht be sii.e.l atiau illy in that department, while at list' same time instals unnecessary patronage would lw done away, at Inch it appeared to bins was only kept sip In; had pnrpose.. By the areuntlt% insole up tat the soli Jiiiir.a..y I !:420, it appeared that the lowest balance reisiaisainju the hands of the Reeeivers amoonted to 36;,5; L. This sem they held at the commence ment of the .....arie .. and as the 'platter ailcaneed, its gr,,at ing pro Sect ilen'olini or perhaps trehle.l the ainaiiint lie dad in e!,!;..iiied. Ile called on the Home to consider how i f tea t !lie aaiyaii.age must be to those who held thew balances. lint then it would lie 'alt) ! they Wait have those for Receiver•• tiertatral who t•ou'Al give proper sintrity. Ile wished every neves. sary seenrity to he given, MO objected tit the wea r:ties at present ilemanded. The preaetit ?system hr conisi lered to be a' bail as had conk, lie. This he in stanced in the failitres whi.di had orcitrreal, ;main the manner in whisk the al...omits hail been kept, from a hick i: was dear that the Tan Office had no regular cheek on the Reeriv.w Mr. Sh;tw, the Itereiser-lie neral of Silt rey, died in 1'505, and the Cottsiiii.sioners came nit iris s't siri•irs for 3.!,(11101. '1 h „ balance that remained tine they then mated to he somewhere about 3or 4 4100/. Five years after this, 4,000/. more was alemanaliel on i iii formation it hich dail been supplied to the Commissioners. after the hats' e tine had been de clared to amount to but 3Of 4.0001. Of the 40,000/. Sir limbed No 4 hail paid 30,00 U/. n'ttl Mr. L'Eatrange hall been called on to pay the remainder. This was sulfhient to show how little the reveam was protected. 11t. Ayton, the Receiver-General, of Sa lop, died in I .11; ; his securities (two usetnbers of that llotise,) before bring hound fur him. had inquired what balance stood against him, and was told that there was it thing hat a few thousand". After his death, they were Calls 41 sin to make good an essornsoes bait lit's . of 11'0.1 1111;. ,!tie trans him 20 years before; and for this t; et' hail been priareeded against, but Le was happy to learn that proe..eilingit hail hien stayed. In the Excise :1 better system was acted upon, and oat of the ini040444. revenitt. there collected, widen was three times as great as the • sat iif the lend and .-tssesecal Taxes. the at: ea rs were not half ho great as the balance left in the Receiver'. hands. The saute course onelit to lie adispeil with respect to the lend and A s : ses• .41 Tax,': that ttat4 art...l upon in the Excise, or that which he had shorn to lie in force in Ireland and Scandal'''. If the ition..y were pryer sidereal to remain its the sullectora, Imnik more than 'ix weeks, ;Reek of the evil woad.' be prevented, anal then ends hit Is seen ritie.. a.. were now requited would not he necessary. Ile thasiseht the 'milieu ut Receiver Geiser ii ought to be abolished altogether, lint if the system WAS to he kept sip, lie wonlil then rec.:it:veil that tenders should be advertised for in each county from those willing to take 11:5011 themselves the duties of that situation, and be at as save iliat plenty wmalil he fonnil to give asietimmate .t's'arist'. and t.. i.erimmens Omens wimholit re quiriug any nnitlitterarion for time sake of the bent lit ill iSilig from the ha! tutees twee.sarily left its hand. lie now stmt' to the Distrilintors of Stamps. These Gen tlemen in 17..19, rem rimed frisiii the publie the sum of 72,1;:dif. In ls2o, they teCeileil 734 . 1 1 .11. and over and above they hail the 14 •IN•tit of 14:41444r4.•, 0hi4.14 at the lowest ainunn'esl Si* alma tits of 1113,1111 a 'l'llr per rent age, in t:.e collection of stamps was, from I 1;9 I to 17:i5, 71. lc.. per cent. In 175,1. it was reiterant to :11. per emit. The following year it WAS raised to lit. per cent. and thus it remained till 1774. when it was realiired to 5/. per cent. This was not altered till that C 'tree sat, of which the preile reshot of the prewnt Speniker was Chairmen, when it was reduced to if. at which it now stood. Ile then noticed tiw incomes 'relived by the Distributors of Stators. Mr. Cole, of Norfolk, received in the years I 51;. 1515, 1.40, and 1520, the aver age satins of 3,520/. per annum. Mr. Gray, of York, received the sans of lire thon.and eielet hundred and eight pounds. lie were on to enenuerate the average incomes of the distributors of stamps iss other countries. and tarred in two instances to prodnee individual' of the first re spertahility„ who would give the same 4ectirities, and perform the same Janie'', (if the s:. stem has to be up held) for a lunch :smaller reisitineralinn. Ile would, however, recommend that the same coarse should he taken with the mli‘trilottopm of itamimps, that lie had w ished ta see taken with the Itereiver.lieneral. Ile wished rendeis to lw railed far in ea rl), c omity, a nd the Government cnnlot take the best that °erre& Ile haul one vreat complaint to make. If any one went to hely a shilling stamp, he wont) he charged a shil ling and a penny for it. We herd been charged 54, 54. for a liye shilling stinno :at Hell last year, and when he asked why this was, he was told that they (the venders) %Yenta not take the trim le to veil them with out such a profit. Ile would 11) - that every individual who cliargest a pe n ny extra for a stamp ought to he transported. A wan who, stole live nails, value three farthing., out ado dock-yard, was liah:e to transporta tion, and why should the offender he had just de., scribed lie exinapted from a like piinislituelo ? Ile had 1 suegestual a eranse to i 'al, this offence, and lie' hoped it would he ItitOlited Ity the plan be recom mended lie had no doubt hsi a saving of 132,000/. might be effected. l!e. waitahl venture to answer fur a saying of 100,0001. in the tirst year of the experiment. A method of n. 4104.0.11 in the expease of Receivers- General was s ti tile ago pointed out by the Pi , Dance Committee, :led which, alter being at first lialnited, was allh 4 Viittelltly acted 'pan. is wa s t o ef. feet a eating of •!0,114/01. per annum in the rearm of 25 years, which. continued with his plan, was the mere semblance of eenninny. Thu Distributors of Stamps bad been increased at various periods, so as to sok the poli 'dad circumstances of the times. la the time of Mr. Pereerallasolodoistrat ion. the olive beg become vacant at Liverpool. when two Members of that How made 1 *. . 'he appointutet hide the otEre ,red—(!dear.) I ig that should satisfy , . existed for :tgreeing• to his res•thetiems. It the house resolved that melue;itro should he there. were to hands into stltiels the stsbjeet. womb's, roperly as tee th0..4. of his Nlaiesty's treasury. lint if they were netwillieg to ituderake the task, 1,1 them refer to a Committee of the !louse.—(Hear, from Lord Castlereagh ) He was glad to understand from the Noble Lord, that a C ttttt mittee would be agreed to. Ile was g rateful that his stsegestions would be far attend ee! to. At the same time, he must observe that the saute propositions which he had the honour to submit l a st y .ar, er...re met by a direct neentive. The I tonuttrable 3letither then read a 'ping of resolutions which he towant -to propose, whice were founded upon the statements cunt:tine/I in his speerh. Upon the first Itesolutions being put from the Chair ; The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose and expressed his intention to move, by way of amend. went, the appointment of a Committee to examine ion, all the cirentustances connected with the subject. Ile assnred tie House that he sl la enter into that Com mittee with every wish to adopt the most ecoomnical plan whirh combined setority, accuraey,• and expedi tion. At the same time he must sae, that the syteur now existing - was by nn wie INS SU Ladies it had been represent ed. With respect to the Receiver feneraishi ps . of Land and :Assessed Taxes, considerable reductions hall been made front lime to time in the rates of poundage for cc I lection. lint if it was found upon e xamination that a lower and as safe a meth nl of collecting could be pro- Tided, certainly, he for one should not a bj-ct to the change. Ile worth' state to the noose, haexever, that under the present system, w ithin the last thirty years, taxes to the amount iii 337 millions of money hail been collerteil, and the whole loss thereon was 1.375 W. The office of Reeeiser Ueneral was Ulm which reqtrired gr, at securities ; andl persons poesessing large pro perty were not likely to unilertake otfices of labour or difficulty. With. respect to the distributions of stamps the same observations would apply to thesis. Under all the eircutustatires, he did nut certainly think it likely that the noose would follow the Hon. Memlier's plan of putting these offices op to a mere auction. The charar•e!s of the parks Wilding them, no less thou their security ought ts he inquired into. All he meant to say at preseut was, that the whole ”atem should go ander the CV.lminati4in of a Committee, and whets its report IV3* made, the House would lie Ode to jodge of what was the lutist economical method to be pur sued with safety, without fullieroveupying the time of the House, he would move as an amendment, " That a &dart Cuoimittee appointed to consider of the ditties of Receivers-[;corral of Lauri and Assessed Taxes, and of the distribution of stamps. together nil. the profits which they derive from their offices." The Right llonouralate Gentleman then produced a list of names for a Cutionitte, amongst which were the ful- lowing : Mr. Hume. Mr. W.Soltit. Sir (*. Long. Mr. ilankes. Mr. Wpm,. Mr. llolturd, Mr. WodehutiSe. Mr. Gretde.ll. Mr. Marino:std. sir T. Arland. Sir .1. sLicKivrosit own irlit his gratittule toting to the lion. Meosher behind him, whose spirit of perseverance:lnd in d ustry had obtained this concession from the Right Hon. Gentleman, which had been so posit's-I.ly denied last year. Till* was also paints - the effect of the situation in which the Noble Lord found himself last night. The Hoarse multi tort but see thr great effect which a majority against 31inia - ets occa sion:llly had. It put the language of economy and rctrenelentrtot into their mouths, and created within a disposition to investiL:ate and to correct abuse. Hon. Gentlemen who usually sit?ported them w o uthl also see '! with how march s sfrty they might leave the Ministers in a rid/no-its. Those lion. Members who wished to give them perpetuity of power world also see, that to accomplish that object, it was not always useresra-y to support them with their votes. The time had been when an administration only existed witlo thr conti deuce of the Goose. Ihlt the Noble Lord could take hints quietly repeatedly, so that he could get a majority trpott the direct g at -stint' of remaining in times t „ t and co nstitational feel ing had p a ssed away. With respect to the 00000 °sitter. souse of then, were intlivithotis of the highest respect- ability, but he thostglet to e xpect any good, they ought to have a fair and impartial Committee, and not one formed like the prusetst. The best names bail certain- I Iv been put its the vac, and at first, it scented to sound yell' well. lint the rear was very deficient. Ile saw an lion. Baronet, (Sir T. .Iclattil) smile, but the lion. Baronet certainly conld nut suppose that he alltstlesl to him He knew !bat Hots. Baronet's character too well, and nohodt: admired it Mere than he did. Lord FASTI.i:RRAti I I said, that the I lonostraisle and Learned Ilentleman toted permit bins to s.sy, th.st lie was rattier nowt- intoxicated with hie majority of 2-1. titan was clone eikkfilitriit With his grave and learned charar lir. Whets do.. liamt. and Learned Gentleman carries' his imagination lo.sek to the good old times, which he (Lord Castlereagh) took to lee the times when the lion. and Lesrnell Grrob man and his friends were in office, hr should le 'Tr reeollected what happened . to a very par ticular friend of his, the present Marysista Listroltowor, then Lord henry Petty. That Noble lord received two very plain hints with the greatest coolness imaginable, and not in the first wage of a propooition, when titer.• was a Ivry thin House. Upon the derision which gave the Hon and Learned Gentleman so notch delight, his begged to rensinti hint, that there must hr yet other ()e -rosions of tiying its merits, an.' perhaps, to use a homely expression, the Hato. and Learnt-II Nlestilier was hollow ing before he tats net of the wooti.—(licar. heir ! and a laugh).—As- hr before said, Lord Henry Petty found himself in two minorities, when two of his measures were thrown out. The one was the Iron Tall. and the other the Private Breweries Tax. The Noble Lord re ceived these hints, anti slid not art upon the doctrines which the lion. and Le.aned Gentleman now preached to them. No; ler lost Its taxes, but held fast his other. —(('beers.)—llis Lordship es nsitiered the present C - natter to be as fall a one all cot" be appototed. With respect to the Item. and Learned Gentleman's surmises as to the effect of last night's division, anti the Hem. Member for Alserdern'a perseveranee, he won't: assure him upon his kowtow, that the granting of this ('ono usittee was agreed to ten daysago.—(Hear.)--ile should not press the topic forthet, hot he did Gook the Hon. and Learned Mtnisber :night have spared the remarks its which he hail indulged.—(Hear). Lord A. HAMILTON hoped that Isis lion. Friend -mould not receive the Coustobtee, but press his Iles.- lotions. Mr. It. WORTLEY expressed his retire satistgetion it the eppoistmext of the Committee, sod dated that be TIII.: .. T.l. I:1N. b' ar'ety. and apflicutAspr tat :,•vetv. stmr of leostintj% alloia wl i , u „,i ntr , while Gentlenwn :ni; oini ter their ',ironies i %:i id evvry hug t ..I roreltPll Incrit , it:4.13%4v that rx: 7111rnt, ir"140114111A vitisiktvaisti a Ai. lad I ' l re was ilivillet4all both 1154 3 th. P . .) Fie thottglit hr haul t 'mon tatisfy tht House of the. t h e li been informed of the intention of Ministers up ow point for the last ten days.—(llear). r. I.I. I tiIIiNGTON stated his opinion, that olseatlis anitter was prone into, it iv/ital. be fond , ettea b y lion. 31einher (Mr. Hume) hiinself, that w ith sped to his views of the Reteiver-Generalship, he w t . most egregion.lv mistaken. The small amount of a s , rears, as hail been shoats Gy his Riot lion. Fri t *, peove.l its efliciertry as a method of security, and h e h r . heels,' that the expense of it could be reduced, m it i the same time that security retained. 31r, 111:31E was quite satisfied with the appointment of a Cotintiittre, hut not with the tonnes proposed It e th e nicht lion. Gentleman. Of the fifteen, there were oat, four nho usually voted with him. He could POI think procreilin to lousiness with curls aColmuittee. H it ' W e i to add six mere names, so as to hare ten who thought with him, and there would still he eleven, constituting * majority on the other side. The names lie should pm. pose were—Mr. ralcraft, Sir H. Parnell, Mr. Ppa, Alaherlv, Mr. Monk, Mr. Creevey. 31r. W. SMITH thought the names shonld be added. Mr. HUMP. said, that as perhaps the list he had p m , posed, contained names rather too derided. lie hem,' leave to suggest au asaeniled one :—Mr. It. South (of Lincoln), Mr. Clue? vial, Sir H. Parnell, Mr. Mahal), Mr. Whittison., Air. Calcraft. _ Mr. It. MARTIN contended, that the other sidemen not, in fairness, t' expect a larger proportion of noir hers in a Committee than they had in the whole Reno. With respect to %vhat had been said ot patron age . h a could sta:e that the reductions which the present Ad winierati(lll had wade in Ireland, Ift're to Meier thi n any niade by the .Idtuitiktroiun of Mr. Fut The Rigi t Hon. Genthtran opposite (Sind. Newpor ) divided din offices of Customs and Enrise, and appoint e d ,1 0 ,m, salaries, therei► . creating eighteen or tunny Sla b n i from 500/. to ;tint per year each. He publicly asserted this, and appealed to the Right Hon. Baronet to as. trailiet the.,,, if he Was not correct. Srr .1. NgIVPORT remarked upon the irregular am ner is which lie hail been called upon. but he was at all times ready to meet shy charge of the nature of that which haf now been wade against hint. Ile was watt* i to rest the defence of his (Arial conduct 'limn a s t a i r . . itseist of the expense of collecting the taws io 'Maud at the 'seri° I when lie lusiti the other, aaul tshAt it tag st , • the pretent tillte. The avrraLte expense then was N. be. per cent. It was mow, for Excise 131., for the Customs VI., fur Assess/4 Tuxes 471. (Hear. hear).—lt oar true that he did separate the offices of Excise and Cos. taw., and amongst I lie very first claimants Mr one of tie new 4 . 1,1.4 was the Hon, him,elf, who Li thought proper to call upon him iu the manner he had • now 110M*. IMr. 31.1111'1N explained. Ho a.lntittPd that he had appliel for the office its question ; and all that he Ho curt:ended for was, that the Bight Hun. Baronet ought not to complain of the increase of patronage. Sir CHARLES LONG, a fter some preliminary eh. serrations, proposed the rsehlition of the follinvisz to It lie conceived there would he no ehjer• Utietwvml, Sir H. Parnell, Mr. Smith (oi Lincoln), air. W:Whitmore, Mr. Wm. Smith, Mr. S. Calvert, und Lord Miming. To these Names Mr. Mut: assented, anal the Maths was agreed to. The Charitable Establishments Bill went through a Commit lee. The Beer Unties Bill was read a second time, al onlerod to be committed to-morrow (this diy). • The Bill for repealing the Laws relating to Wilds craft was Wild a second time And c o ntiu . itted.. The other ()tilers of the Day were then ihspeed4 and the Howse adjourned until to-inurrow (this day.) MORE WU ECIIONS TO ,1/R. Ph Mari' S EMANCI Pin() N h. _~ ['mom xisc tittisintaa.] The 13111 has arrived, or rather the Bills have arrireir. on which MO much expectation hang for the last month. In our last we hazarded um opinion of the real cha racter and tendency of this new esuancipation meamn of Us. Plittakett ; and in all we said on that iarasioa,s. are more than fun"- borne out by the appearance of the Bills a Lich that 44emiratee has brought into Parliament. Mr. Plunkett has thonght proper to introduce a plan st Emancipation into the Imperial Parliament, to which !title loll:sired and ninety-nine oat of a thousaml of the Catholics are determinedly hostile ; wed this be is pleased to call a healing nseasorre of coneiliation. 31r. Plunkett has. in the front of the almost unanimous opi nion sit Ilse Irish Catholics, reconmsendleil to the le;:i4- !attire a plait of Emancipation which is only calculated to matte slaves of the l'atholie laity, will eorrept tell,/ agents of the Catholic Clergy. To enable the Catholic Veto-Barrister to rise in his profession, or lit obtain a sent its Parliament, Ire ea% upon the Catholic Bishops of Ireland to acknowledge, that they and their predecessors have been perjured—that though they took the oathosif allegiance, and alijimd all the horrid itnpn tations against their characters, as men of religion or moranty, their oaths were not tohe believed—coofttle nce was not to be reposed in them, and further securities weer necessary to guard and prutret the state ogals 4 their wicked and traitorons principles. Bet errn this miserable acknowledgement of their infamy is sal enough to soothe the demon of political and ri-hOO 4l fanaticism. Boards of Confr ont e re 111 he appointed. at labia, a Secretary of slate. or a Secretary of a Lorl !Jotter -ant, moot be the eter nal president, awl all I gisnituunications between the Pope and the Catholic Bishops and Clergy of Ireland must be subject to dug inspection. • • • • • • Laok to this Bill. yr Reformers of the British Empire, anal then colors. - plate the high grua ,.(/ o n whirls your prisciples hare phased y.iss. Loolt at this Rill, with all its bar*, old holts,and enziars of degradation. and then reflect on the conditioe which, in the philambropie henesuletice of your hearts, you were stilling tisco,:cede lib e rty , to Ireland—uniralitied Emancipatio n ahNc std. the de. formers (who assetaibteil in Smithfield, London, in I 17 4 should satisfy the people of Ireland. Let the I•'' formers limit to this m emorable instance of It , : romparatiye fife/cores of t.e 41 , 7 an noreforneed Parliament. 'I he C.efornsers Wt. II give if sr ditional liberty ;an utirefoeuted. anuent u ill lo wet political privileges for a, ors ruitit rid. atilt defame the t•arloilic prit stitood I r pe.rpose of em ancipating the Catholic laity lie Reformers would hind the people of IrAasitt to (lir Constitution lay the benefits it would confer. "11:e As . reforaseil Parliatts-nt trasts m uch to the potob cotruption of the Catholic priratilood se to do bletisiotts of free ! . The reformers assail le..te . very religions denomination to the salutary conttl, . 0 of its respective )linistEra. stn en ref.,easeet Poh l ' meta assprets the Catholic priesthood, and lays ales a plan by which that Priesthood bibuy altitua t.rl hi alienated frotathe Irish people. roily getaVeestot.o Liberty only mutilates the bateau:rut of loyalty , it ears rluakett, I is:* eye theta IllsertY. bit I