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I 1 Trade, bad berialhaiidshed. — 1% mews Mt et and a very large debt bad aectusidated. The in .4 nufaaurers of the country had been nearly annihi lated, and the - only advantage which remained was, that enjoyed by distillers, which was now about to be taken away. On this very sobjed, some very hip,h legal opinions had been takes, and they were divided. This circumstance chewed, that the case was at least doubtful ; and as such, this measure -aright not to be insisted upon. It was nut a regale. tion for increasing the revenue in Ireland, hut for conferring advantages on the English distiller, who would not get the bounty that was about to taken away from the Irish distillers. The latter, acing upon the faith of Parliament, had laid nut large capitals, in ere ling great stills, that should entitle them to the alvantage they were now abou' to lose. He implored the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite to him, to consider this subjed, and to turn his thoughts to the state of Ireland, and endeavour to relieve that country from the disgraceful situation in which she had long been placed. It was he who had brought about the Union; and in doing so, he pro mised that great And lasting advantages would result from it. If he proceeded upon that Aft, and exerted himself to do away all the dis:ontents and evils that prevailed in that country—he would do more to rivet the interests of the empire, than any Minister ever had done. He earnestly hoped and trusted, the Right Hon. Gentleman would turn his mind to the subjs.& of Ireland; and that he would not now suffer a Bill to pass, which militated against the engagement made with Ireland at the time of the Mr. PITT said, the present question lay within • very narrow corepass. He hoped the Attt of the Union would ever be striftly adhered to, and this Bill was no departure from it. According t , this As. all articles brought from one country e. the ether, should be subjeA to the same duties as if thee had b manufaetured in the country, into which they were brought. Now what was tne pre sent question? It was nothing mete than this-- that a certain drawback was allowed on spirits in Ireland, distilled in a particular way ; but that when Is ish spirits were brought to this country. they should be subjen to the time duties which spirits bare paid. According to the regulation long . since adopted in Ireland. spirits. which w ere distilled in a still of SOO gallons, received a bounty of • per cent ; and 16 per cent. was given to spirits distilled io stills of I,rmo gallons, on coming over here. Th's was done to give a preference to the larger stills ; lint the advantages seem alovred them only in their own market. At that time, no spirits were brought ftom Ireland to this country ; but now, since they were brought here, he would ask, if it was lair, that a benefit should be given in the English market to Irish spirits, over those of England ? This was not acting contrary to the Union, which ma. le uo rner.:ion of such a thing. Nothing more, indeed, was required, than that when spirits were btlltught frorn Ireland. they should pay the same duty here, as if they had been manufac tured been. Surely net!' ng could be more COnSis teat with the very spirit of the Union than this. He sever was more satisfied with the justice of any measure ; and if this was not adopted, the Fnglish distillers would labour under a great hardship. Dr. LAURENCE oorosed the Bill. Mr. FRANCIS thought that the Ifou.e. instead of debating on the stria letter of the articles of Union. aught rather to lean with some degree of tenderness and liberality towards Ireland. Mr. VANSITTART supported the Bill. Mr. ORMSBY denied that the Irish Parliament bad been pledged to support the reeulations made in that country; for they were varies) several times, and enaded anew every year. The Hon. Gentle man, who complained rF hardshirs being imposed on Ireland, ought to have recollefted the benefits she was soon about to experience f-ona the Corn R..- eulation Bill. which was now heroic the other House of Parliament. As to the present Bill, it could not be considered by halves. If a entails bounty was taken away from the Irish distiller, he enjoyed the advantage of being permitted to warehouse his • spirits, and was thus relieved from paying an ad vance of duty ; and, so far from this Bill being clsjec • datable, be was sure it would be received by the distillers of Ireland with gratitude. Mr. Hurcitinson esp Lined. _ _ Mr. SI lERIDAN observed, that the bounty had been granted Tint only before. but ever since the Union, to the lesh distiller. The continuance of it, by the United Parliament, must have been con sidered as fulfilling the aft of Union ; and to take it away now, was a hardship and a grieli =ICC parti cularly so, if the Irish distiller, relying on the faith pledged at the Union. had increased his capital, laid in agreat stock, and e:slarged his works. A hope had been held out to him, that the bounty would he continued ; and nas it fair now, to take it from him ? Mr. sNsITH (Member for Norwich) said he fully agreed in what a Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Pitt) bad so clearly stated. on the subjea of this Bal. So far from being contrary, it was confirmable to the AR of Union. which called on the House to pass a Bill of the kind. It would be found, that the Irish distillers, by this measure, would enjoy as fair, legal. and equitable advantages as they could expea. The House onsht to consider, that there was a great body of men in this country equally en tiled to advantages with the Irish distillers. The faith of Parliament was pledged that substantial justice should be done to all parties ; and that no one body should possess an unfair advantage over another. Mr. FOSTER said, the Irish distillers were satis fied they had no claim to .any bounty on the export of spirits to this country, which never was given:a them by any law whatever; and they were now about to be put on a footing infinitely better than they were on White the Union; at which period they could not export any spiriu at all, nor wa.e. b o na any. Hitherto they were obliged to advanc: a duty of more than double the intrinsic value of the spirit; by potting their goods in warehouses, they would no kiiger be oblieJ to adiaace that money, and they would thus save a considerable in terest on their money. 'these were advantages which he had long wished the distillers of Ireland to enjoy. He was convinced the Bill was founded on the sound principles of policy and equity; and he was happy to observe that the House would be atm* Raisamous la agreeing wit. LONDON, SATURDAY, %LT 14. Official accounts have been received at the India House, that the supercargoes would sot dispatch the China fleet until a me." art-lord. The ships were in a great state of forwardness in their lading ; and the Mirky and Cosa, had been completely repaired. We have received Paris Papers to the 411 s, and Dutch Journals to the 9th inst. Their contents will be found in our last page. The Alen:tear contains an article, purporting to be an extra& from the Protest of the King of Fa Asos, Against BON•P A ITS% assumption of the title or I. EMPEROR of the Fasnen." We have good reason, however. to believe that the article is a fabrication. In our Paper of the C'th May, we announced exclusively, that such a Protest was in tended by Losts the XVllltb, but circumstances have since occurred, which have induced His MA UST V, with the ad►ice of his Royal-Relatives, to postpone the publication of this ♦B. until the present dificicaces between France ar.d Russi. shall hive come to an issue. Letters from Leghorn, of the I`..'th of June, in serte.l in the .Ifasitetir of the 2Fith ult. mention th4t the Mameltibt.g, on tiv.! C. 3.1 last March, not only retrieved their former loves, but dPicated the united furks and Arnauts, killed tOOO of them, and forced the remainder to shut t;!ettnelves up at Clirta, where they are now blockaded by 12,003 uttned Mamelukt.s, Bedouins, and Fcllahs, who, it it. sup. pored, will soon be masters of the capital of Egypt. The wretchedness of oar age and of ages to come, dates from the 14th of .70ly, 1739. Since that pe riod, France has r.ever ceased to be in a state of hostility and permanent conspiracy against the whole of Europe, and consequently d• Oily at war with it. If, under the name of pence, we expe rience all the plots, agitations, and injuries of -.var. we are at war, let what will be said of it, and not at peace. Here ends all sophistry. These questions must be decided by history, and not by law books: Gazettes are here surer guides than civilians. But this uninterrupted warfare of rebellion against loy alty, is not the only scourge of this ominous day. Atheists have undermined religious notions, wiit the same audacity and impunity, as corrupted sophists have perverted all moral principles. A contusion of ideas, concerning right and wrong, concerning liberty and slavery, rank and equality, property and poverty, has been introduced by dangerous in novators, in a manner that success is almost be come synonimous with virtue, power with merit, misfortune with crime, poverty with vice. Respect to persons and property, and love of ii , etiont, are talked of in countries, where every man's ptoperty has been plundered or laid under clntribution, and where 9-10ths of the inhabitants have, within some few years, been taught, by turns, in the republi can dungeons, what is meant by revolutionary li berty ; and, notwithstanding, not only they, but weak and wicked, ignorant or ambitions, fanatical or treacherous subjeas of most other states, have continued to exclaim : Glory to the 14th of July." Have we not for years heard and read of meetings to celebrate the taking of the Bastille, by disap pointed faaions, or by aspiring conspirators every where? And on the day this state prison was broke open, that is to say, at a junaure, when so many sedi tious praaices, pleb, libels, and dangers, might have induced the tlinisters of Loots XVI. to have had re course to that means of repressing its enemies ; there were but rive prisoners found in it. Of these, three were guilty of monstrous crimes ; which, from their nature, were deemed dangerous to be made public. The other two, had t'.ey been arraigned in a court of justice, would have been much more severely punished. It was, no doubt, an abuse to remove them from their proper judges; but k was an abuse, that had not fallen on lawns, siciinis, as it is still echoed by fouls or traitors. Nei ther of these state prisoners, nor their friends, dared to make use of their Ebert'', of the anarchy that prevailed, and of the protection of the Constituent Assembly, to apply for an inquiry. a legal trial and indemnification, although this assembly encouraged them to it, by appointing a Committee cf !stuns-de-Cathet, at which the in famous Mia • SEM , presided. Can we believe, that if there had been any innocent persons among the prisoners, who were set at liberty, the Court would have escaped from being solemnly accused of the injustice it had committed ? Would not such an as have been tneationed by the assassins of Lot is XVI. and of MARIA ANTOINETTE, on the mock trials of these unfortunate Sovereigns? We have been induced to make,these remarks, on remembering the scandalous and ridiculous scenes we witnessed two years ago, in the farce which Sir FR ANON Buanerr canted to be exhibited in our streets, and in our squares. in the Strand, in Picca dilly, as well as at Brentford, where the words— ., No BAUILLLI" were the motto of his principin,' his objea, and his views. We intrcat this mis guided young man to remember that, according to the registers of the Bastille, published by the French rebels in t 799, there had been confined in that prison, so decried, only 300 persons in the course of three centuries; while, since Republican tyrants in Frazee have usurped authority, the Re. publican state prison, the Temple, has ~fy con tained more than double the number, not counting the thousands of victims confined in the hundreds of other republican state prisons all over France. The first ad of the French lovers of liberty, after the Bastille had opened its gates, on the 14th cf July, 1739, was to murder without trials, ant! to carry heads upon pikes round the streets of Paris, as peleals of French and Republican patriotism ; as the Aurora of a revolutionary reign. On the same day, in the next year, hypocrisy was added to fero city. 'FALL cyclists, then an unworthy Bishop of Aunts, in his capacity of a revolutionary pa triarch, was appointed by the municipality of Paris to officiate pacifically is the splendid ceremony of the National Confederation, zoo.. the 14th of Joh, 1730, in the Champ de He appeared at the head of more than two hundred priests, dressed is white linen, and adorned with tri-colonted ribbons• When about to olEciate, a • sierra cattle on, aecota. panied by a deluge of , rain : He proceed, 4 4 hr a ever, iu the celellration of the mass, without any re gard to that warning event ; and afterwuds pr o . nounced a benedinion upon the royal stanlard of France, called the Orlfame, and upon the eiglr i , three banners of the depottments, which wared fore the altar of the country. What a priest! al l . ; a benediction ! what an altar ! On the 14th of July, 1792, ancotherlederatin n ~.a t decreed, and the virtuous Lot;ii kV!: was forced to be present ; though he knew he should be insulted by the rebels plotting the 104 h of August. This pstrietir King heard around liim every where, " roe Atio.! Door,: sht Copcts ! tie Bourbon: a I.: I . ' which, in cruel mockery, was added, " Vire la Li. lerti !" by treacherous and revolted subjeas, wh o kep: their own Sovereign a prisoner. The levy in mass was agreed on wi:h the federates of the 14th of July, 1795; and, on the SAM: day c f 1794, hymns were sung to the C sddess of Letta t for the success of the armies of like►ev ! At thu period the French republican state prisons contain. ed 250,000 tutpefird families. and a hundred insoce-t persons of both sexes perished daily, either by the guillotine, or by drowning or shooting. The fetes on this day liar., ever since been more or less liant, Lut always some revolutionary ceremaiss have taken place. BonAAAarx has followed the examples of his predecessors, but with less re►olu tionary zeal ; desiring. if possible, to exchange the lath of Brumaire, or 9th of November, th day of his usurpation, for the 14th of July. Even on the 14th of July, ISuO, when the celebration of the tory:of Marengo, obtained one month before, to:k place, there was observed a niggardliness in the es ponces to amuse the public, compared to the wore of the fetes and treats given in the time of the Ds. rectory. His ceronation as a revolutionary Elr. peror, his accomplice:. the French caalcr►s of i.• berty and rebellion wished to be performed th day ; but Le has put it off, probably to the annire-• stay of his tyranr.y. It would, in fad, lie a curious masquerade to hear siares s•.irrounded by bayonet:, amidst prisons crowded with vidims, an.i scaioh:s reeking with the blood of innocents, sins hymns to liberty and equality ! This is what F.aece bar gained by the insurredion of this day fifteen yens since; no less than three millioas of her best zens have been batcheted or killed by the reptsb. Lean tyrants at home, or by fureign foes :thread. After having exchanged the paternal g wernmert of a lawful KING for the tyranny of a foreign poi. loner and assassin, the Fs ench rebellion has ended as all rebellions have done—in the most abjea and vilest slavery. Glory to the 14th of July !!! Account, have been received at Lloyd's, that a Dutch Admiral, with three sail of the line, wAs the Cape of Good Hope on the llth of April. ra ships were much in want of meo, and otherwise in no condition to put to sea. Private letters, brought by the Danish ship Priscers 1, Imisi -4vrusts. arrived off Dover. state. that she lett China the 9th J.sonary last ; that the East India fleet %Vete nef to lie divaetrhertr.), till news of the enetny's staaairon had hen re ceived, which was. hourly expeaed. No inte::i ge:.ce had been In:night of L t motes seeadronbe;•l ut C..t- Chinese Seas. A rpre:lensions for the ciffir Gt . the IY•oijoid . were e.ttertained. as s'.:e hid arrived when this ship sailed. As she was v. J.r convoy of a ship of war, those fears are prouti;:. without foundation. Extra& of a Letter from Canton, dated the ;,•:h of January, 1804.—u The East Indiamen 71Ed Country-ships will not leave China till the Ist ci ^•• bruary ; the names of the Country ships are, the Carron, Kir 11.14r0, Arrler,ra, Mirrored, R. Charlotte, Droid Scar, and the Frmsdshrp. for Rots. bay; Relit, from Botany Bay ; Nrp gyve and C'tlr• sell. for Madras ; /tbdkv-km, and Lori Castlerelr. for ditto and Bombay, and 16 East India Company's Yesterday the Citsticst.t.on of the ElenaOm received the biddings for the first of the three Lot teries for the present year : it is to consist of 45.0 0 tickets. •id be drawn on the 24th of Septembers the part.c...ffered per Ticket as under : . . L. e. 0. li•lsley 14 1! 6 C.--e `4 6 0 11 ji .14 5 0 S Ire .1 , The p.,yrnents are to be as ender : Juhr 17, Depos.t 1 13 0 Aupast 30. S. teal Ye , 4. --.... 20, 5 10 0 L 1♦ i; 6 - - No competitor has yet pub?•cly declated hi io tention to dispute the repre,enistion of Sliddlesa with Sir Faimcis BUIWZ TT. The friends of the Baronet are. however. afraid that there is a secret canvass carried on against bins, as. sorwithetaadiag all his address and solicitation. he has reap" II plentiful harvest of refusals. Thurslay morning dispatches were rece:T'l the Aimiralty from AJmiral antoi.oa. cm* in of the Teed. They are d.steJ t! bth instant. d which time the ships in that harb...ur same state as usual. A M avenger was idle:B4 4ll seat to Lord M&LVILL4 a Wimbledua. Ur. DAWSON said, he must enter his protest not only against the Bill itself, but the manner in which it was brought forward ; at a time when there were so few Members from Ireland in the House; at the very heel of the Session, when most of the Irish Members. not espelting any thing of the kind, had gone home to their own country for the session. The only advantage the Irish had got by the Union, WAS, that wnich was now about to be taken a*ay. The Parliament was about to fetter the At of Union, Ana to repeal the best part of it, without any of the Irish Members being there to defend it. Mr. ALEXANDER said, he could not avoid noticing what fell from the Hon. Gentleman, who h id just sat down,with respell to Members front Ire land. He contended, that there was at that mo ment a much larger proportion of Irish Representa tives, than any other in the House and these were Gentlemen of intelligent and enlightened minds, who had paid great attention to all business relating to Ireland. This faa, he thought it necessary to as sert, in order to obviate the mischief which might be occasioned in Ireland, if the statement of the Hon. Gentleman should go there uncontradiaed. If it was the Hon. Gentleman's intention to make himself popular in Ireland, by opposing this Bill, it was the duty of every Irish Mernoer to deliver his sentiments upon it. The Corn Bill recently sent up to the Lords, was a proof that the Parliament did not wish to eprive Ireland of an. advantaws. Hut what injury did this Bill do to Ireland ? None. The distillers had invested the i r capitals long before the expirtarion of their M.tnuiat'ire was allow .d, or thou.tht of : and-this Bill only went to regulate the duties to be paid on spirits when brought to this country. _ _ .After sonic observations from Colonel Lona surto, "IT. Firzerasi o. aid Mr. CARR, the Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be commit ted on Monday. ihe Committee on the Irish Revenue Regulation Bill wic deterred to Monday. A Message from the Lords informed the House, that their Lordscips had agreed to the Irish Addi tion r..e Hill ; the Weeders. Beck Lands Bill ; the Chatlism l..nds Bill, and Lady Kilwarden's Annuity Bill, wi.hout any Amendments. Mr. JOE I S VON:. said, it was his intention to have submitted to the consideration of the House certain Resolutions! respelling the Finances, accord ing to the notice be had given. He thought, how ever, it would be better to bring them forward to morrow, merely that mig ht they) be printed, and of ter the Members of the had a fair opportu nity to consider them, if they should be deemed de serving any discussion be would propose it to be brought forward on T hursday next. The Lottery Bill was read a third time and passed. STAMP DU TIF.S. Mr. PITT moved the Order of the Day, for the Douse to resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, on the Stamp Duty Bill. Mr. Si IF.R IDAN said, he wished to ask a ques tion of the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite to him, briore the Speaker left the chair. %%hat he was de sirous to be informed of was, whether this Bill would *dually repeal the other Stamp Duties Ac c.nitub ? If it did, there was an article in the sche dule. which would materially affeß the Proprietors At Newspapers, and which, he conceived, must be owing ti , a mistake entirely. Under the old duties, there was a discount allowed to Newspapers of 161. 18s. and in the present schedule, the discount 'toad at only 161. which, if allowed to stand, without amendments, would suhjed the Newspapers to an additional tag of 18s. Mr. PIT said, he apprehended the allowances were made from the Excise Office ; and though the Alt, so far ai related to the duties, were repealed, yet the allowances, having once been made, would he continued. I: certainly wa, not the intention of Government to make any alteration in the discount; and if any farther provision should be found neces sary, in order to ascertain this point, it should be The House then went into the Committee. Mr. Ai LIANDILI in the Chair. On the Clause imposing an additional 9d. a ►heet on all law proceedings; Mr. Serjeant But, Dr. LAURTSCI, and Mr. Fostatamtvz objeaed to it, and a long eouversa tinn to-k place between them and Mr. PITT, Mr. Hesaissox and others. On a Division the numbers were, Ayes for the Clause, 43 ; against it, 10—nsajority, 33. The remaining part of the Bill having been di,. cussed, the amendments were agreed to, and the Report ordered to be received to-morrow. The other orders of the day were postponed. Adjourned at half past eleven. TILE BRITISH PRESS. •iol:: mace tht Too T ltsr CVA atten and throi '. 10' 4 , LAM' • Ili S►c.l to be Sir Pan!' yer. l Lo da4i day. jasi t iv with P 1 eater Th, M, Count dace