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cidrut, bet that it has Iwo gradual. AR the law new stands, the corn of In hind is the turn of Grist Britain; and if there be io Ireland and a deficiency in etreat B dein, we wbuitt be no more warraiited in allowing ufie dietifaUuu from ,Smut in (reload. nod .lisculitioui,,g it.ut Great Britain, than we oould be to suveial it in York shire, sad allow it in other parrs of Eic;laritt.— There is evidently reason to apprehend a scar city in behold ; and, therefore, distillation fr K rum ought lint to be allowed." Thie man. rt. then corivinded with moving, *. That th:a iteport be recommitted." The - _ - calve motion of Sir John Newport was accordiugly put from the ('hair, after the nr.t mo tion was agreed to, namely, ..That the Repo?, be now taken hit° fuither consideration." Mr. FuLLLa said, tlitt many weak arguments bad been resorted to that night, and he begged ' ...v . e humbly to insist, that Ministers should Hot ~ ,• e let out such weak secrets ; they should !. a have let the people know that it was lint in their ~.wer to prevent illegal distillation t they should lave observed such a secrecy in this respect as is becoming mu family disputes. tie sli.l 1101 lanai to spa sit agaiast the Irish nation. whom he considered a tine imouourable people ; but he would make One remark. they had heeii spoken A. 4411114 on account of religion and other things that lie knew no thing at all about ; but he thought the only Thiel; they wauted nos catching and taming. to laugh) ; amid be appealed to the House, whether that tumid be effected by spirits, which most ope rate to make them ten-fold wilder ? Upon the whole, he considered it impolitic, nowise. and un just. Sir T. Tcaron said, that the question then be fore the 11 , mm:tormented itself in a two-fold point of view ; first, Hi it affected Ireland, and secondly, as it affected the country at large. Ilis great ob jection to the measure was, the distinction it went to create between the two countries. There was not in it that principle of reciprocity, bath with re 'fleet to interest and sacrifice. which justice requir ed, and which the articles of Union promised. He stat•il, that the price of wheat, barley, and oats, was very great, end the quartern loaf was fourteen pence. tie considered the House of Commons as sh e gua rdi ans ~t. oven . description of men in the country, and it was their ditty to see that there should be no waste. It hull been said, that the pot peryl e of Dublin had not grains to feed their e iv. with, hut he thought it much more ma terial post Abe people should have bread to eat.— It was :aid that ;tiyet West . itritiis interests should; Le eousulted s but he was inclined to look to the• Onterinds of the Chanter 'at ll_ „Tee. This was not a question between the Weei,luella and l agrieuttnral I neteresis, l heit between the whilig . 'erf time kingdom' soul a part of it. The"m4rintile interests, he' ttiaight, should he coasi*reil also. . This measure' si...s a violation of.the lith Article of. the Act oil 15,ii0.i. Ile kneyinnthing of tVes t lool.a interests, • or I.gri:nsltienil inners-mire;, but the general interest ... of the countr:, he hoped, he would always wader` stand, and slways adhere to. lie' appealed •til the Bight lion. Gentlinocii• oiipn.ite, wlfethrit;ii:wia . not a partial eiteaiure, spud olether tie *di' not 4 ° I Silenced in the proposal of it •by his partialitynpi the lion. Gentleman ate* him? Mr. Fltasean wished ta 14epass a sioleswkiilis !pee the adman*a of the Consinitfee,'while be of fered a fearessarhs on sse fatUift,y and inconsist ency of this measure Lake theta. Upon the vile& acre of lost year, be observed, that it did PO* gioate in the distresiseis of the colonial trade-.4h ' It was critically and esemitially beneficial to it, - dart the measure of the present year wits made up ago Inkny different principles, that it was impossible to expect from it any beneficial result. The evil dreaded was scarcity of grain. Oats were thespe cies of grain which England had most reason to dread the et int of, and it was that in which Ireland . most alooteaded; yet in Ireland distillation was vis count:fed. Ile considered that as the moment when they should be forward in proving the blessings of time Union to both countries. They should tell Eng land, Ireland is a granary from which jour wants via be cbeerfaUy and plentifully supplied; and they .should tall Ireland, the capital she wanted should he olttaiacd from hence. Su c h was the language they should hold. Bul the nseasare now before them appeared a. ii it had originated with one who wished to bring discredit iipou the Union. A fact had been stated of 150 illegal still. being dadroved in the coarie of oae morning ; hut it was not tii be iimferrial from thence that there were ' ISO more re:nainiiig.-1 Cry of •• Question ! Question !"/ Thc Irish illicit tusde was of the im bue of all other illicit trade ; great risk was in curred, and it must be for the hope of great ad vantage. The Howse would, ther•fwe, do well to consider, whether the great extent of the illicit trade in Ireland did not arise out of the nature of the laws, and that systen. of policy which had been punned by the Government ? Sir ktuasarr Peat, hoped that the importance of the Illeaslina under consideration, would excuse his troubling the House with a few word.. He h%d some share in effectin,,.r the union between the two countries, and considered it Ilse most important business of his life. When that union was brought about, he thought that they would go hand in hand I. prosperity and adversity. The northern parts of this comm.) , now wasted the assistance of Ireland, as it suffered a deficiency iii trade, occasioned not by *Government, but by the enemy. The Irish, he said, Lad kept in good order, and conducted themselves well, bat be could scarcely think they would persevere its such a hue of conduct, if they Peat on distilling an article so destructive of order and life. Sir A. Wat.r.r.st.tv denied that the articles of Vhion were brogen through by the pleasure. lie mid, that grabs was so scarce in parts of Ireland last year, that Government were obliged to move the artillery froin one part of the country to *neither, on account of thee want of grain ; provi sions were se high is souse places that the soldier's pay was Rot adequate to his support. When a duty was placed upon sugar, it did not fall upon thenotteu met, and it was the sans in the present case I if be thought the ice:74Blre formed hard i upon this country, be would be one of the first to tom iti„minst ii. Mr. (.741i.w. n thought that this was not a ques tisirshiskuu . tie touet7 an 1 t!mv other. lie raked Itsbeshoss, if paalla diil4l. ief nem-e opened, that • wauld sbut top the illicit muse? It was, he said.* matter of happy redeem!" to them all. that while tat isiaitufactures of the country sodertd, the ge. end prostwrity wssadvaucing. flier, was every -prospect of an aliandaut hervest e lau" nets were likely to be.llCe. He would be gled that some temporary measure 'vas resorted to for the present, until they !should have an opportunity of ascertaiiiing that cici munstauce err-mutely. Mr. Meer Paattet.t considered it • manifest violation of the Act of Union, and 111 only direct time that was made. Ile had thought that the Union effected the bosh adjustment of commercial. jealousies, and he besought the House to consider the initiortasice of the distinction they wire about to draw,. Forrea said, that after the strong personal allusuitta made to him by au Honourable Baronet, lir c o uld m a permit the question to pass in That Honourable Baronet bad been pleased to say, upon the authority of a newspaper, that he (Mr. Foster) had thrown out a charge agniost the people of Ireland. He threw out no charge against the people, but what he had said against the lower classes had been extended by the Honoureble Baronet to the higher classes. who accused all, when he had only accused a part, (a laugh). With respect to the distillation from bU,, , dr, h. bad heard that all who were concerned in it lied failtd. The Honoureble Baroact had stated, that he said the increase in the Charter Schools waa occasioned by the greet increase of the price of provi.' but lie had said it was occasioned by that. together with other articles. If the still* which hail been lately seized had worked only ut the rate at which legal stills are obliged to work, they would have done more in a mouth than all the legal stills in the country ever did in the same space of time; it would here amounted to 800,000 gallo,ra ; besides, on a view of the consumption of spirits in that country, compared with the quantity legally procured, it would appear that it was supplied in a great measure by illegal stills. The price of oats at Newry. by the return of the 11th of February last, he stated at 18s. W. per barrel; that is, at the rate of 235. td. British, per bushel. and therefore he was surprised at the high price of provisions here. Ireland had long supplied England with oats; it was now able to supply its OM.i legal Ulterior, and the wants of this country. lie re commeutled bringiog the frelieg• of the people by degrees to prefer the legal ,nonperson. The West Indies, he thought, ought to be sup ported. but not at the expeller of agriculture. Au Honourable Gentleman, whom he did ant see now in his place, had raid. that the Irish only 'wanted to be caught and tamed ; but the fact was that many of them had been (wield, and brought over here by the Union ; and he would ask, whe ther they wanted to lie tamed ?• He would recom mend to the Hon. Gentleman to go over to that ernintry, and judge. from his own observation. and 'he would vesture to say, that he might travel ,through it, even with his speech tied eland has oerk, ma' experience hospitality. -He concluded with observing, that the trucks of Union were not via hated by the measure pimmeed, and though it might make against the wording, it did not make against the pnomple of say of its article*!. Mr. Paattott.t. sod Mr. Mllillatair Mr. Lk Snows rose to acquaint the House of a gict which, :her. they whe ae.;:re of; it was, that at the present mement. thercetere many conditional order' to send grain from this country to Ireland. in case Ireland was not excepted. Mr. PERCEVAL said, he was ready to admit. that wheat might go to Ireland for seed, but as to barley or oats being sent, it was quite impossible, barley and oats being dearer here than there. After a few words from Alderman Comm, Col. HAIRY, mild Mr. BAltaill. the House divided, when there appeared, Fee the recommittal of IM dill 99 Apiast it tit Majority nitwit Miaisters —as On our re-admission tom the Gallery. we teamed that the Bill hail been recommitted, and that the clause for extendiug the prohibition to Ireland was adopted. G o th e motion of Mr. Fonsa, the House re solved itself into a Committee on the Bill fur en couraging the cultivation of flax acid hemp in Ire land. Mr. Forma said, the object of attaining flax seed for Ireland was at present • matter of great moment, and as we could not command it from abroad, we must •--' 'r to supply it Irons home; for this - That - boue.- purpose he moved, a . inty of live shillings per bushel be granted on the tiret 50,000 bushels of dax-seed of foreign growth, tit for growing, imported into Ireland between the of March and the sth of April. INS." Sir T. TURTON objected to the bounty proposed, as being inadequate to the purpose. He then en tered into a general calculation to prove, that there was at present a deficit of flax seed, for die service of the present year, for the Visited Kingdom, of 38,000 quarters, and contended, that not a single bushel would be procured ultimo a higher bouuty was offered. Mr. Fos yea said, we possessed a sufficient quan tity of flea to curry us through the present year, and that the probability of a scaicity would induce the planters to grow Sae for see d. Sir T. Taavax asked, where we were to expect it from, while the Orders in Council continued ? and requested that the Right lion. Gentlensau would say, whether he expected soy. and from what quarter ? Mr. G. Rose replied, that a quantity was ex pected from the Mediterranean. The Resolution was then put and agreed to, the House resumed, and the Chairman obtained leave to bring up the Report on Wetlummlny next. The other orders of the day were Sun disposed of, and at Half post Twelve the House adjourned. omusimmes Dr. Axocew Oatmeal Account of Brazil will appear in a few days. It contains, we understand. mach importast information, collected during a long residence in *at country. • The Royal Oak, a new 74-gun-ship. will be launched, about; o'clock, on Saturday, from Dub- SIAS'. yard. Deptfeed. The St. Domingo will he launched. on the NUN Jay, at Woolwich. Sir Home PoIPHAS, aireetreirog to report. is to have the St. Ditaktga.....Tk* 11•01 Oak is net yet eem miaowed. ~. • • • • ~e , , o'• IRELAND. 1.1SEIIIC1C ) FEB. 21.. A notice. of *hid' the following is a copy, was, on Friday last, distributed through this county: " Pereeiviag • loyal and goad disposition *hewing itself throughout the Cuntaties of Limerick awl Kerry, by the ro- Watery surrender of arms, by those p,vsuirs who have been • onlartooately misguided and led into the late distort/awes, sad lest say of these persons should withhold their arms, tbibo fear of peeish.in at far their past offences, I will,wlint I ind that all the arms have been surrendered, and tlist;tllo people have rearmed to their 'titanium*, recommend to Go vernment to great pari.ions for such uffunces as have been committed previous to the late Special Cuminis.ion, which recommendation, I have the fullest hope, will be attend ed to. * In order to enable me to snake this application, it will be proper that the arms blench paruls be pursuually surrendered Imfire the loth day of Match next. " Tommy the above measure into effect, in the county of Limerick, I have requested Gerald Wonoterhaseett, Esq. and Richard IVil'corks, Esq. to attend io the different pa rishes, and to give every assistance in their power In further ance of it. " The lime above stated being follysnelcient fur the entire delivery of arms; all thus( persons wbo may withhold, or keep bit k their arms, after that period, wall be considered as having iio 10111111 pardbu, hat will be prosecuted at the en suing Amigos "JOHN LEE, fSrig. General, Commanding Limerick District." 41LE AklllY. • . GENERAL ORDERS. Honer Gi , eottis, Fru. 16, ion!). At a General Court Martial, held at Halifax, in Nuts freutia, on the nth October, lens. John Griffin, private in the Intl Regiment, (or Royal Welsh Fusileers), was tried fur tho trims of desertion, sod adjudged to " neer DostA by ipesog eltut." The General Officer, commanding in Nov. Scotia, ap proved the sesteuch, but, in consequence of desertion having bees but little prevalent amongst the troops ou that station, suspended the execution of the sentence, in the hope that the King would he graciously pleased to commute the capi tal punishment into transportation, u a felon, for life, or for • certain number of jean. His Mniesty was pleased to engender' the Prisoner a pro per object of Royal mercy, and to direct that the sentence should he **minuted to transportation to New South Wales, as a felon, fur life. His Royal Highness the Conituanderas-Clikt is pleased to direct. that the foregoing sentence shall he read at the bend of every Reginse , st, and inserted in the Illaginnetm Orderly Books. (Lined) HARRY CALVERT. Adjutaut-Geuerel. THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, TUESDAY, FbaaU•CY S. Ministers, last night, sustained a completl de fest in theliouse of Commons. On the bringing u,► of the Report of the Distillery Bill, Sir Jose NEWPORT moved, that it be recomnsitted wits a view to extend the prohibition of distilling from corn to Ireland, as was the case last year. Upon this motion the House divided, cod it was carried against Mioistrrs by wrajerity of SS. There appea►s to he but one opinion in the 'country upon the Duke of YOKICS business. For the truth of this assertion we may refer to a series of extracts which we have made from the provincial papers received yesterday. They are from' the East and from the West, from the North and froth the South, and among those conducted with ability and a spirit of truth and independence. Lord FOLKITONE give: notice, last night, in the Howse of Commons, of a motion this slay fora call of the House on the Bth of March. We yesterday announced the arrival of the Racoon sloop of war, on Saturday, at Portsmouth, with an account of the Brest fleet having put to sea. The Racoon received this information from the Lyra, which was dispatched on Thursday, by the Medan, off Brest, with this intelligence to Plymouth, at which place she arrived co Saturday. The Mediva had gone into Brest to reconnoitre on Wed nesday, and discovered thnt the French fleet were miming. It is impossible to say on what precise day they efliected their escape. The Channel fleet was blown off that station so far back as the Bth instant, and arrived at 'Torbay on the 10th, where it remained mail Tuesday af ternoon, when it sailed to resume its station. As it was not off Brest on Thursday, hopes are enter tained that it is wone in parmit of the enemy.— The Brest fleet bia supposed to consist of teas sail of the line, and served frigates. The British fleet, when it left Torbay, amounted to nine sail of the largest ships, and has probably been joined by the Hero, of 74. The destination of the Brest fleet can only be matter of conjecture Martinique, and the Mediterranean, are menhoned. Earl SPENCE& gnve a grand dinner, yesterday, at his house isi St. James's. place, to Earls Csunex Eusron, and Cowan, and Geuend Gummi LLB. Lord CARRINGTOX gave a grand dinner, rester day, at his house, Whitehall, to the Cad of Essex, Lord GLASToNnUnIr, and several other Nobility. Sir JANEs EMILE. one of His Watery's Sur geons, met with a dreadful accident, at one o'clock yesterday, at his house in Hasoverosquare, by falling from • seoffolding, which was erect e d in the front of his house. Sir JAKE, fell from the top of the ocaffold intothe area. dislocated his nerk, and broke his grin and a leg. He is under the care of Surgeon CLIMB and Doctor VAVellAn. who lost night gate ne hopes of his recovery. The Marchioness of Se:Anwar gave her second grand rout, Ind night. et her house in Arlington street. It was attended by Upwards of 300 No bility; amongst when were: glide Royal Ili islostreora the Doke' of Cambridge and Glos. mow • Prime sod -Pwacewe Csotekicall Doelawabee %of Natilaimberiewt i {lutist,Leeds. sod Settee • ilsockenweeee of Stafford, lath, dirt, Dowashire' Belton; o, end Abereena • Co ssetweed amides, Cowper, Stiles, lad Dow. ViseorueorOisitiereseh ; Losilowileatl.cote. M. Piney. awe Dowager Masses. . 7 17111 NUM/ 41341•1 Artaansaeoa gave a grand dinner, yesterday, at his house in South Aadley streets tb auroral forage Nobility. I 1,4111 t ItirELLIUENCE. • • . • COrihn i Olf CHANCERY, Mom war, Yea. try. • • • . -v• FAESE EAISIRUPtrY. THE FAEXEK AGAINfr THE LAWYERS. Joss* a. W 111.1.1.41116. The LORD Cis•Nci.triera, this day, pruirosoced his promised judgment in tins important cause. It cause now before the Court, upon 4 st.t.cortog. of a former order, made in .sliciichuas Term hut, for superseding the Commission of fluskruptcy, cured by Mr. limier* 11 Mimes, of the town of Monument', to lie sure 001 0000 k tiff P 10104111; wins was a harmer Mane the ordinary mos. usu. po,- sesswd of consttleralAr landed prispert . , its she COlll, ties of Monmouth and Hereford. in the year Fotta. at the date of the Commission. and was not tudebt ed in the stun sword to h) the pehtle..nig creditor, 810 r Stall liable to the severe sitatutes Liankrupt ey, under whii I) his sufferings, persecutive, sod pri vations, independent of the terror of death, for mat +Appearing to his commission, were ahem, iutredi - ble. The zeal and eloquence displayed ter scieral months in favour of this unfortunate man, with the disbursements and activity of his Solicitor in the cause, deserved great praise Veld his Lordship repeatedly) as tending to prese..se the purity of the Court, , Commissars' was sop pressed sir secreted, as war stated during the pro cceilings, and afterwards Ibroismiat hireard lay tbq Defendants, when it suited their ,oirpose. The CHO ocata.oit said, he could mot to state, that the affidavits of Mr. N tllaswr, and tilbe other Defendants, Mr. Vowel, of Ahergereuiry, the petit g creditor, and a jr.J Price, were quite inconsisteat and incred,ble, and that he %tumid amend his order now, by disallowing the portal the costs allowed to the Defendants its M farmer or der, as lie would give no costs to persona Makin Mach affidavits. 11e. cannot, within our limits, fully detail the liaegits on the our side, or culpability on the OeitaTr, of this unprecedented and alarming care, a. it ap peared in argument, and by the judgment of this Court. Its interest to tarsiers. traders, and bank &c. require a volume, which will shortly be published upon the subject by is dilitrrirtir. Counsel for the Plaintiff, Sir Samuel Rowilly and Mears. A,,,qar awl Wetherell; fur the D e f en d- Imola, Messrs. Ifficharile, Haste, Leach and Wing- A'uortiey for the Plaintiff. Mr. Richard Hill, of Chtincery-lath, The Defendants appeared in parses, beii all attorseyilr' ' . . • •• • lIMMICE UP lORL •, . • ittraocto rams Tux' rauttaciat. PASSIM RIM • ta-tel‘D 'YE% L" 1111 Mrs. Clarke is disposed of, we could Dot, if We were ro inclined, scutiirt col any ges.erel ea tlmate of the evidence which line berm adduced...- the late ex!raordinary bustle among the atunstera4 visitings and closet coulermice*, all denote t einharressulent„ It is well kirosu that the Luke of York is the flumerite NON ; and %vireo the Mum- , eretious of the Prince of it ales, generous. ii.dis cretiosa we may mill them, for they all bear the mark of that grandeur ot mind that (Indians any compromise with the slaielerous erew by rib ch it is assailed—whenever these shades iu the character of the Prince were the topic of the day, the primi tive and patriarchal manners of the Duke were tlwmt forward in contrast to them. The Luke however is now taking Isis turn : and the Miuistera must tied themselves ou ticklish giuuud. if lacy should crowd all the sail of - their indurate, and carry the Duke through, or, in other words, thrum oat the WI, however friendly the motive towards the Commander in Chief, it would prove • useless and fetal policy iu the end..-uselem, as it rewah, the Duke's eharacter. and fatal as it regards chin own. The Duke of York will come out eiehrer from a fair trial by his Peers, than it is now is the power of the limes of COMMONS to dismiss hon..— Ting alone ought to prevail ow the Duke's friends to adopt a prouder course than the one which they have hitherto been driving. But a blind and Luta tiering policy appears to have seised on their coun cils. There is no lesson ' s character but might ho made appear ridiculous and degrading, if you were to drag into public notice that portico of his brc r conduct which is supposed to he triple-guard ed by every sacred consideration of friendship, deli cacy and hornier. It is here that the Duke of Yolk has been degraded ; and degradation and gout so closely approximate, that we too read ly learn to condemn, when we have already learnt to despise."—(Slegirdairt ifdeertiser, %Silt Fe 4.) " Our readers will out he 'surprised that we have dedicated so considerable a portion of oar Paper to the Investigation in the Himmel Commons. The proceedings are, indeed, of the utmost importance, bother they regard the nation, and the exulted cha racter whose conduct has because the subject of public inquiry. The spirit of our excellent Con stitution is here strikingly apparent : it affords a strong contrast to the despotic governmeid of the other nations of Europe, sod rhould still more endear us to that glorious fabric, which the blood of our ancestors tended to cement, nod cement so firmly, that it still reasante• tocniannut of wisdom, however partially dilapidated by the crirsodurg tooth of time."—(Carlisk Jotornaiiistla telwate9.) " The itereatigatiou tido the conduct of the Duke of York is not yet concluded ; it ;till occupies the attention of Parliament and the anxious solicitude of the public ; nor is this anxiety .- to be wondered at, foe atevery step iu this inquiry, the subject as sumes a more serious aspect. The nuoificatious of the corruptioractices alluded to here exteatitd is every direglion ° • so much so, as to endanger the public safety. We have the evidence of a British General, that he applied to Mrs. Clarke for infor mation which heconkl not receive at the War-Office. This is • most important fact, and would, of itself. furnish maindant grourithaor prosecuting the in quiry with the most scredisidaug vigilance. For if our military secrets are etitusted to the safe-koeps Prig of a Courtesies, what raimrity has the natant that its dearest interests wiN net be harmed ! Has Bonaparte no emieneriesin - this am n try who could. be a golden key, withdrew these Secrets from their frail derogatory ? It is by.suelt.soetroments as Mte. Claris/ that Bonapane peepers, the wa r to the ~egos of his armies !the has already . bses stake a treasure to Aim, so wow loop Moe ass. R hers .