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IRELAND. .A.iUMMARY REVIEW OF THE, PRINCIPAL MEA. SURES RELATING TO IRELAND, WHICH WERE DISCUSSED IN THE LAST SESSION OF PARLIA. MINT. (Continued from our Paper of Yesterday.) . HAVING briefly stated those measures which ate of a general constitutional nature, such as the two Martial Law _Bills, the Habeas Corpus Suspension Bill, the Indemnity Bill, and the Elation Bill, we now proceed to thoSe which come under the head of Internal Regulation. One, of the first benefits which Ireland obtained, in point of Internal Regulation, was the Plan pro posed by Mr. AB SOT for the more effedual promul gation of the Statutes throeghout Great Britain and • Ireland.. As to" Great Britain, he proposed to in - • crease "the number of Ads of Parliament which were allowed to that most valuable body of men the jus tices of Peace. And as to Ireland, he proposed •' to execute the measure upon a plan similar to that which he had introduced for Great Britain in 1797, viz, sending the Ads to the Great Officers of State, the-Courts of Law, the Municipal Magistrates, &c. He stated that the only hostile objeCtion to the Plan, was the increase of expence, but he declared himself by no means a friend to that species ,of eco nomy which would prevent the circulation and knowledge of those Laws, which it is the duty of the Magistrates to enforce, and which all persons are bound to obey. His objed was, that the Public Ads should be circulated upon one common prin . ciple throughout the United Kingdom, and he conceived that it would materially tend to create that identity of manners and habits which were so necessary to an identity of interests: And a Bill - being founded upon this Proposition, it passed with general approbation. Another subjed of considerable importance to Ireland, was the Bill which was brought in to re gulate the Office of Master of the Rolls in Ireland. That Office had hitherto been upon a very different footing from the . Office. of Master of the R o ll s i n , E w ngland, for it as'a complete sinecure, 'and filled - by persons not of the profession of the' Law. The advantage of having an able Assistant to the Chan cellor, in the Master of the Rolls, was so obvious, that even if the Union had not taken place, it would :piobably have been made an efficient legal Office. But in consequence of 'the Union, the presence of the Chancellor of Ireland becoming occasionally- de , sirable in England for a considerable part of the Session, the necessity of giving him an Assistant became more apparent. Lord CAstn E EACH there ; fore, on the 23d of February, called the attention of the House to the subjed : he proposed to make the 'Office, instead of a sinecure held during pleasure, an efficient legal Office to be held for life, with a salary of 35001. a year. This Bill, after repeated discussions, passed both Houses, and ultimately re • ceived-the Royal Assent. In a very early period of the Session, notice was taken of the peculiar situation in which the Mem bers for that part of the United Kingdom were placed, on coining to attend their Parliamentary duty, because they not only paid takes for raising the contribution to be borne by' Ireland, but when they came over to England, they were again liable to taxation towards the contribution to be provided by Great Britain, and that thus they became coin- Tellable to pay in both countries ; a situation in which no other description of His Majesty's Sub. jeds were placed. The justice of this observation was apparent : His Majesty's Ministers said, the subject had not escaped their notice, and that in the course of the Session it was their intention to pro pose some regulation to the House 'upon the sub_ )c. Accordingly, on the 3oth of April the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, Mr. ADD I NGTON, moved for a Bill to exempt Irish Members from the pay ment of certain duties. He said it would be very hard if the Gentlemen from Irleland; whose resi dence in England was not optional, but compulsory on account of their Parliamentary duties, should be made to pay taxes here as well as in Ireland. This observation applied to Dired Taxes, for as to In dired Taxes, such as duties upon the various articles fof consumption, no remedy could in the nature of things be applied ; but the duties upon Carriages, Servants, &c. &c. and more especially the Income Tax, he thought, upon every principle of justice, they ought to he exempted from. It was also his wish that ail duties upon the passing of private efieds between the two Countries should be sup. pressed ; but in the progress of the Bill, apprehcH.. sions being expressed by some Members, that such a Law might clash with the ACI of Union, by which specific duties were imposed upon many articles of that description, such as Plate, Carriages, Books, &c. it was thought, upon the whole, more exile. ilient for the present, not to make any provisions which might even in appearance clash with that Treaty, especially when the object in view was the accommodation of Members of Parliament, This point was therefore left open for future legislation ; although in truth there seems to be a very sound and, rational distindion between the carriage of such articles as are merely the private effetis of travellers, and those which are imported or ex ported in the cour se o f trade.—The forme r p art o f the Bill then passed without opposition. On the 7th of June, Mr. ABBOT proposed a Bill, the objet of which was to make the Laws resped ing Literary Property the same in the two Coun tries. The effed of this Bill is, to create in Ire.. land for the encouragement of learned men in that Country, an exclusive property in their own ;Works, 4nd open to them the whole Market of the United Kingdom, while it gives to British Authors the additional Market of Ireland. , The Bill also, in conformity ith British Ads of P ar li a ment, gives A right. to. the 7 ‘Tniversity of Dublin to hold in perpetuity the Copy .right of all Works printed at their own Press, and within their own walls.. A further privilege is also given to the University, and ;o the Society of King's InnseDublin, e nt i t li ng 'them ? , for the use of their 4ibraries, to one Copy of AVM Work published in the United Kingdom, wki.c:4 the 4nthof - shool4 think 'to 'register fo r th'e purpse g f ct444isiiin g hi§ C)Wil Pac,l4lght• lo,coo S. Soo -- - Such was the liberal, disposition of the United Parliament towards Ireland, that when in the Com mittee of Supply, Sir JOHN PARNELL, with a de gree of candour which did him honour, reminded the Committee of what had been before stated by Mr. CORRY ) in opening his Budget, viz. that the Contribution of Ireland would fall considerably short of the Expence which would be incurred for her, and that consequently much of what they were voting must be paid by Great Britain ; yet in no one instance 'was there an objelion made to vote any sum, the granting of which was represented as likely to be beneficial to Ireland, With respea to Provisions, the same indemnify, ing - bounties were granted upon the importation of different articles of Provision into Ireland as into Great Britain ; and these are expressed in the A&, in British money and British measures ; for the purpose of communicating to foreigners that these bounties are precisely the same for both countries, /To he comtinmed.) THE SUN. SOLYM QUIS DICSRL YALSUM AirDILAT? LONDON, JULY 9, 18 w. BY the Passengers on board a 'Neutral Vessel put into Harwich from Rotterdam, we learn that there are not less than 4.0,000 French Troops in Holland at the present time ; but it would appear, principally with the view of their being fed and clothed at the expence of the Dutch. These Troops are marched in 5000 at a time, almost naked, and when clothed, are marched back, and replaced by others in the same state of destitution, There seems little probability of the Dutch Flee venturing out to sea. Tars morning a Mail reached Town from L;s: bon, brought to Falmouth in the Prince Adolphus Packet, in thirteen days. The Conditions of the Treaty of Peace between France, Spain, and Por tugal, had not transpired when the above Packet left Lisbon. We have received by the above, Letters from L;sbon, dated June 23. They state, that nothing further had transpired respe&ing the Conditions of Peace, The Portuguese Government, it was be lieved, had proposed modifications in favour of Eng land. On the 27th the KING of SPAIN was to be at Badajos, and on the 24. th the Pa. IlicE REGEN T of PORTUGAL was to depart for the same destination. It was added, that the result would be the Marriage of the INFANT of SPAIN with the young PRINCESS Of PORTUGAL. NEITHER of the two Hamburgh Mails that were due, had arrived when this Paper was put to Pfess. The ROYAL FAmt ty intend residing at Wey_ mouth till the latter end of October_ Every arrangement for the departure of Lady HARDWICKE, which will take place in the course 'of a week, is adjusted. The Royal Yacht waits at Holyhead to receive her Ladyship and Suite. Her Son, Lord Roys-rox, with her tour Daughters, Ladies ANN, EL4ZAi3ETH, CATHERINE, and Ci t . ROL INE, a,CCOMpay her. The Conferences , between Lord HAWKESBVILY and M. OTTo, are more ftentient than ever. On Monday morning died, at his Seat at New Park, near Devizes, in the. County of Wilts, deeply regretted by all who had the happiness of his ac quaintance, JANIE:, SI/TTpN ' Esq. .after a long and lingering illness. H i h, ! ? formerly represented for many years tide Borough of DeviTes ; and was bro ther-in-law to the preset 4 Cli4pccilor of the k:x che(per, . . Mr. Ktrox, the Member for the University of Dublin, in supporting this Bill, said it was an ad ditional instance of the disposition of the United Parliament, not,, only to do justice, but to consult the interest, and gratify the feelings of the People of Ireland. A Bill was brought in by Mr. CORRY, for the better accommodation of the Judges of Ireland upon. their Circuits, there being in some places a diffi culty .of providing them with suitable residence during the Assize, and in many parts less attention ta.the forms and ceremonies necessary to the so lemn administration .of justice than is customary upon the Circuits in England. The Bill-met with no opposition in its progress through both Houses: Great difficulties ha•:•ing been occasionally expe rienced in the recovery of Debts due to the Crown, in either Country, when the Debtor had moved to the other Country, a Bill was passed, to prevent this evil. in future, by enabling the Crown to en force its claim by obtaining Process of Execution from the Superior Courts of either part of the United Kingdom, as subject in that particular to an iden tity of Law in what regards Debts due to the Pub lic. The other 'measures which we have to notice un der this head, are only so many more instances of the parental affection with which the United Par liament watched over the interests, and endeavoured to promote the happiness of the . People of Ireland. Her Public Institutions and Charities, &c. ere li berally provided for. In the Committee of Supply, the following sums, in many instances larger than the former grants, were voted for those purposes. Foundling Hospital , _ _ . 4. is,coo Marine Sockty - - 2,000 Hibernian Society for Soldiers' Children • 3,960 Westmorland Lock Hospital - - . 6,699 Roman Catholic Seminary - • . tocto Society for dis coun t enanc i ng Vi ce - . 300 Percale Orphan House - - - zoo. Civil Buildings . 32,00* Apprehending Offenders - . c.,947 For Working the Wicklow Gold Mines - 100, Linen Bounties - - - 21,600 Dublin Society, first the usual grant of - 55e.a to And afterwards an additi ona l sum o f - 4soo S ' °3o Paving - • - Wide Streets - NAVAL 1tc.727 NEWS, z. - Non ifli imperiurn pelagi, savuingue tridentem, .Sed nag datum. HARWICH, JULY 8. THE Neutral Vessel, Pace', Capt. BARNETT, from Rotterdam, with wheat for London, put into this Port by contrary winds, and landed some English Gentlemen Passengers ; from whom we learn, that instead of the stipulated number of z 5,000 French Troops being in Holland, there are at this time not less than 40,009. The French march into that Country Ave or six thou sand Troops at a time, almost naked, and as soon as they are new clothed, the same number are marched back to France.—There is no trade at Amsterdam ; at Rotterdam it is more brisk, in con sequence of the connelion with England under Neutral Colours, Great exertions are made for manning the Dutch Fleet, through the influence of the Freneu ; but it is generally believed it will not put to sea. PLYMOUTH, JULY 7. ARRIVED the ship Westergothlan, Swedish East Indiaman, laden with sugar, coffee, and pepper, Captain LAI.:R.ENTs Ros, from Batavia, detained five weeks since by the Penguin Sloop of War. The Augustus Gun-vessel, commanded by Lieut. SCOTT, in turning nut.. of Catwater this morning against a Southerly wind, missed stays, and ran on the rocks near the Citadel, where she is gone to pieces, • Sailed the' Montague, of 74 guns, for Ports, mouth, with several Merchantmen under convoy. PORTSMPUTII, Ju.LY 8. .ARRIVED His Majesty's Ship Montague,. of 74 guns, last from Plymouth ; and His Majesty's Ship Guflderland, of 64. guns, from Ireland. FALMOUTH, Jv LY 6. ARRIVED this evening, the Prince AeFolishus Packet, Capt. JONES, in thirteen days from Lisbon ; she does not bring any par.icular News. Nothing further had transpired at Lisbon whet) she sailed, respeaing the Treaty of Peace concluded between France, Spain, and Portugal ; the terms of which were expeaed to he made public by the time the next Packet (Prince of Wales) was to sail. She may be hourly expeded, as she was to sail the 28th ult. The JYalsingham Packet was safe arrived out. A - Messenger from the Portugueze Government came over in the Prince Adolphus : he went off mcdiately on his landing. Arrived also the Agive Cutter, Capt. KINSMAN, with two Smuggling Vessels with 450 'ankers of spirits, from Guernsey ; the Dover Cutter, with a Fleet of Coasters from Wales under convoy ; the Careless Gun-brig, from Scilly ; the American Brig Re , cisard, Capt. FloorEß, twenty-six days from Boston, with ashes, cotton,. and dye-Wood, for Orders. Sailed the American Schooner Harriet, Capt. DENNIS, for Bristol, from Washington, .with tar, Bcc. and the Sandwich Lugger, Capt, WALLIS", for Cork, with the Brig Transport Sgppfr, Capt. for E, under convoy. DOTER, JULY 8. A Flag of Truce sailed this morning for Calais, with Dispatches from M. OTTO. A Passage Vessel arrived frOm Calais last night, bringing a great number of Passengers ; but the Pa ris Papers by this conveyance are not of a later date than those received yesterday. • YARMOUTH, Jut 8. SAILED the Diligence Cutter on a Cruize, Arrived L'Espiegle from a Cruize, and Phenix Cutter, from Admiral DI cKsoN's Squadron. SHEERNESS, juLY 8. YESTERDAY sailed His Majesty's Ship So/e3ay, of 32 guns, Capt. DuNDAS, for Spithead ; and Pio vidence hired Cutter, on a Cruize. . . The Iris came into Harbour from the Nore (it is • said to be paid off). The Arrvzo went out of Harbour to the Nore. This day arrived the Providence Cutter, from a Cruize: Sailed the George Cutter, Lieutenant HAYES, for Yarmou:ll. DEAL, JuLy S. His Majesty's Gun-brig Locust arrived yesterday afternoon from the Westward, and sailed again im mediately on a Cruize off the Coast of France, The Sohltty Frigate came down yesterday ever , ' ing from Sheerness, and remains with the Overyssti' Constance, Raven Sloop of War, and Kent Aloe') Cuttcr. The Montague, of 74. guns, Captain Cr:nu - sal' , is ordered from Plymouth to Spithead to be repair.' ed, as the D o ck s at the former Yttrd are all The repairs of the Donnegal, of 84., L'Heradt, 74, and Culloden, of 74 guns, at Plymouth, go an very briskly, and they will be out of in a fete tides. Letters from the Cl . ple, of 44. guns, Capt. Co l ' NING44AM, dated the ist. inst. oil' Havre, stat e the Squadron we re a ll we ll, an d t h ey were to cruize that station fo re i g h t wee k s l onger. The Nile Cutter l oo k e d i nto B ou l ogne on Saturi: day last. Prep ar ati ons , nava l and military, arki _going on there with the greatest aairitYc gence of the observations of the Nile was instantlf transmitted to the Admiralty. For several days i} British Bomb.ship has been stationed ofrCalais, anai . another off Boulogne ; f ro m ne i t h er o f t h ese places/ therefore, can any Expedition sail, of which Go' vernment will not receive instant notice. f On Tuesday se'nnight IJis Majesty's Ship Gail' ,cleria7.74 Capt. TyLI,ICHEX,, Cr'ap Mar, anti Galatea, Capt. VAN SpEFGLEP., from Cove, as a convoy to Twenty Transports' with! Troops on board.. • ~ On Monday the sick men of the Montague, of 74 guns, were landed at the Royal Tiospital, Ytyrnoutli, One Seaman,. on being brought into his bitth, naually deposited in the' Steward's and Agent's chest, till his recovery, 7001, of wages and prize money received in the West Mr. AB BOT and Mr. CORRY both set off foi Ireland this.day. They expect to reach Dublin ore Saturday - or Sunday.next, The Earl of CLARE, we are happy in being able to say, is sufficiently recovered to think of visiting Ireland. His Lordship has, ifpossible, increased the high estimation in which his charatter is held, hf the manly fortitude with which he bore the painful . -conequences of his 'ascident. Yesterday a Court. of Direetors was held a t t hi East India House, when the Court voted toool. to the Committee at Lloyd's, for the relief of the Wi dows and Children of the Soldiers and fell in Egypt. Mr. jontt CRAIG was sworn into. the Command -of the Caiedonia g Extra Ship, destined to Madras. ; Tlw . Court adjourned at six o'clock till Wedaso day pext, American rapers to the 4th of June are receivej• The 'United States, indignant at the injusice: and piracies cal the flarbary StateS, have - fitted out a Squadron tO'chastise them, particularly the DE7 0 1 TRIPOLI. This Squadron consists of the Praia dent, the Philadelphia, the 'Encx, and the Schoonet Enterprise. The three, first are, we believe, Fri. gates, and the whole are under the-command of Goa. rnodore DALE. Upon our Government being informed that A.me. rican - Frigates were about to sail for the Mi:diter. ranean,. His Majesty's Minister* gave orders • for their being received in all our Medlterrallein P4lrtit with the greatest hospitality, It gives . us - much 'pleasure to slate, that - LA 1 1 CHARLES-IVIANN&RS . , who met with so serious - an accident at the Review of the pta txgE of WAL2sII Regiment of Light Horse' by 'HIS MAJ ttslY, the beginning of last month, is so much recovered as'to have been enabled to remove from Mr.RAR's house at Ashford, 0.1 Tuesday' last, • : The Margravine of ASSPAcH, who lately went from this to France, is accompanied . by Mr. MAD. DOCKS, of private Theatrical notoriety.. TheY: mean to visit. rirrma before their return to. this Country,. - Edinkurgh Races commence on Monday ne . ;;;,. They are expeCted to he very Well attended. Tunbridge Wells has now a con s iderable number- i of Visitors. • . Mr. YOiSTER'g Bill for the Ch a i se , an d .H arnes t . delivered:th - Mt, Q. ButtoH, was tool. 125.-...-114 r. Bu RG4, senior, offered 751, which WAS refused by. Mr. F.o2sTElt, - After all that has been said of the engagement of Mrs. BILLINOTON, it is certain that she has not yet signed articles, The epgagcment of such a Per• former, is a.great event in the musical world, and, therefore, it is. not surprising that the several Pub. lic Prints have abounded with various nas-rati T es and speculations upon a subject so important, 'me L E ooN is at present the great musical attraet tion of the Dublin Theatre. The Opera of Paul and Firginia has been brought forward in that Theatre purposely to spew the vocal merits of that Performer, and has been exhibited with great success. Obi is very attractive this season at the Hay. market Theatre, and it must be acknowledged that 1. in this instance the aaing Manager has given ap• propriate scope to• the talents of most of the Pet• formers who are engaged in MOSSOP, the actor, used to adopt a different diet on the day he was to aft, according to the nature of the part he was to perform.. If he was to appear as a t vrant, he was sure to eat roast beef; if as a. Lover, his fond was boiled ' t'eal. If there be any theatrical efficacy in edibles, it is much to be regretted that the Attors of the present. day are not led by instina to the nutriment best calculated to give the proper stimulus to their respedive talents... Who will say that the present stile of living amongst the Great is extravagant, when they now restrid themselves to one meal a day ? A Public Breakfast does nor commence till of ernoon, an d is not completely finished till Led-time - . - Mr. S'TURT, in his aquatic excursion last year, proved that he is fond of mixing water with his 11Iadeira. Love in the Pantg only proves the diversity of taste—one man likes a slice of beef or mutton, and _ _ _ _ . another a pip of Madeira. 7 A brother of Madame BONAPARTE- is at the pre.: sent moment in this IVI;:tropolis, for the purpose, it is said, of colleaing seeds. The property of the ;ate Mr. WELTJIE, which was likely to be 4 subjed of anxious litigacioa among his relations, has been wisely refefred to arbitration ; and the matter has at length been re. cencly settled to the satithOion of all parties. 1 t ~~ Nvh . :WI ' rai s:n , thi e s Cc); int( is u cep C dri% tint eallt wt,: End( the ther TIC SS, abid musl trot' said, cand as mi in th Were that Jury fonric c)[ Inn