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adherence to their allegiance, and an unanswerable proof of their loyalty t ? " What pretensions can that man have to mo. aeration or discretion, who vilifies, almost indiscri minately, the characters of so many illustrious men of former times, and who casts the most unfounded aspersions upon some of the most respeaable and exalted individuals of the present what claim can the author have to our confidence, who, through the whole course of his early history, so studi ously conceals, and boldly denies the savage ex cesses of the rebellious natives of Ireland, that lie may pathetically describe and lament their suf. ferings ; at the same time that he depias, in such false colours, the necessary exertions of power, the indispensable measures of self-preserva. lion " What reliance can we place upon the accuracy of the historian, who, in his account of a * recent and memorable event, gives the exaggerated accusa tions and statements of subjeds in rebellion against the State, as correEt, whilst he confidently denies the truth of official documents, and the accuracy of par liamentary reports t ? And, lastly, can we without a smile demand, what pretensions Mr. Plowden can have to impartiality, who, throughout every line of his work, evidently appears the advocate and apo. logist of the Catholic, and the enemy and accuser of the Protestant party in Irdand ; who has not only magnified the severities and excesses committed by the loyalists and their ancestors during violent and atrocious rebellions (:xcesses, perhaps, inseparable from all civil wars), hut has charged the present ge neration with enormities of which they are inca pable, and the foul imputation of which they repel with sco , .n : enormities which were committed by the insurgents, and which are unexampled in the history of any country, except " Catholic Ireland" and Republican France " Though Mr. Plowden, therefore, may be esteemed (as no doubt he is) by one class of viduals, a very daring and zealous partizin, I trust he will never be considered by the public in either country, as a faithful or impartial historian of Ire. land. Very general is the ignorance which even at this day prevails in England, of the true state of that country. Ireland is scarcely known .but by its fa&ions and rebellions. A6tive have been the exertions, and not altogether unsuccessful the in dustry of the rebel party, their abettors, and palli ators, to deceive the people of England, by repre senting as unnecessary and unjust, those measures which the machinations of treason rendered indis: pensable, in order thus to fix the stigma of provoca tion upon the Government and the Protestant gentry of Ireland. " The British nation, ignora It of the spirit of bigotry, the hostile prejudices, and the political treachery of the lower, and unfortunately not alone of the lower, orders of Irish Catholics, perplexed and alarmed by the constant discontents and distur bances in Ireland, and unacquainted with the pecu liar difficulties with which the Irish Governments have always to struggle, are but too apt in conse. quence to be persuaded, that the uniform resistance to the laws, and the rebellions of that country, are produced by mal-administration, or provoked by the oppression of the higher orders of society. Hence it is, that various communications, written by the disaffeded party in Ireland, and containing the most glaring falsehoods, have received a ready in. aertion in the periodical, and particularly in the provincial, prints in England. These publications, though despised in one country, as the ebullitions of disappointed treason, have been received in the other as truths, and have greatly influenced pub lic opinion in Great Britain ; which was indeed the very object for which they were fabricated and published. l" Sir Richard Musgrave's History of the Irish. Rebellion of 1798, at length, in some measure open. ed the eyes of the British Nation. His minute de tail of the enormities committed before, .as well as during its progress, fortified as it is by such an ir resistible body of evidence upon oath, and authen. ticated by the testimony of those Officers and Gen_ . tlemen who were eye-witnesses of many of the horrid transaaions, has at last given the people of England more just conceptions of the designs and condua of the Irish Rebels ; and the vain but 1114. licicus efforts which have been made by the dis affetted party to discredit Sir Richard Musgrave's . Work, have more . fully established its authenticity in the opinion ()Nile more estimable part of the Irish community. • " The Loyalists of Ireland, as generous as they are brave, upon the peace with France, sheathed their swords ; and though they could not forger, had forgiven the injuries which they had received from their Catholic brethren ; and harmony and confidence were in a great measure restored to that unfortunate Country. At such an unpropitious mo. went, another Catholic champion imprudently Stands forth, and throws down the gauntlet of re ligious and political controversy. " Iu my Strictures upon this Publication, which is considered by a great part of the Irish as a libel upon the loyalty of Ireland, I shall avoid casting any personal retie Lions upon the writer, however authorized I might feel myself, by his example, to pursue a Jiff rent line of condua. His objet in publishing such a work, at such a time, is best known to himself. Whatever may have been the Motives, I feel it my duty to endeavour to counter_ act the mischief that may arise from the publication, should its statements remain uncontradided. I do not therefore attack Mr. Powden, but his Book, Which he has confidently subMitted to the Yoblie, with his name and his portrait affixed to it. He has sent it into the world, ' with all its imperfec tions on . its head,' and before the tribunal of public opinion I shall very freely and boldly ar idign it." t See, Bass!'!, his 4ccount of the Rebellion and Irish th.ssacre of 1641. * The. Rebellion of 1.798. + Arthur O'Connor's Letter to Lord Castlereagh is relied upon 'by - Mr. Plowdert, while the " Report of the Secret Committee of Parliament" is discredited by him. The 0 Cial Bulletins, ece, &e. arc milted with equal respea. I.IIIPE.IIIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF PEERS. FR/DAY, MAY 78. CouNsEL were farther heard in the Scotch A p . peal, Grieve v. Cunningham and Gray. The Royal Assent was granted, by Commission, to the Additional Custom Hou..e Duty Bill, and to two private Bills. Lord Ct. ivE took the Oaths and his Seat as Earl Pow rs. The LORD CHANCELLOR read to him the Thanks of the House, which had been lately voted to him, for his condua in India ; to which his Lordship returned an appropriate answer. The other business was forwarded.—Adjourned till Wednesday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. FRIDAY, MAY IS. Ma. Purr took the OJths and his Seat upon his re-eledion. The Right Honourable Gentleman was introduced by Lord CAsTLEtt.EAcH and the MA.TEa of the Rol, cs, The House having, pursuant to summons, attend ed in the House of Lords, the SPEAKER, on its re. turn, announced that the Royal Assent had been given, by Commission, to the Additional Import Duty Bin, and to several private Bills. Mr. HUMISSON took tile Odths and his Seat for Liskeard. New Writs were ordered for the eleftion of a Representative for the County of Galway, in Ire land, in room of Lord Dotsit,o, who has accepted the office of one of the Commissioners for Managing the Affairs of India. Also, for the Borough of Christchurch, in room of the Right Honourable GEORGE Rose, who has been appointed a Joint Paymaster of the Forces. Also, for the Borough of Helston, in room of Lord FITZHARRIS, who has been appointed one of the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury. The Sol. tc !TOR GENERAL brought in a Bill for indemnifying such Attornies and Solicitors as may have negleded taking out Certificates, pursuant to the Apt of the 321 of His present Majesty. Read a first, and ordered to be read a second time on Mon. day sennight. INDIA BUDGET. Mr. JOHNSTONE asked the Noble L , rd (CASTLE REAGH) when he meant to bring formard the India Budget. As he understood that all the Accounts necessary upon that occasion were arrived from In dia, he hoped that would be not long delayed. The Noble Lord would, no doubt, be as forward to bring to the Account of the roblic, as the Public wouid be glad to receive, the soo,oool. for which the Noble Lord had, in a tOrm.:r Statement, given them reason to look at this period. Lord CASTL R EACH replied, that the Accounts alluded to by the Honourable Gentleman were re. ceived, and that orders were given at the Indi, House to have them prepared with all possible ex• pedition, to be laid before this House. As soon as !hey should be on the 'Fab!e, Noble Lord stated, that he would move for their being printed; and after the Members should have full opportunity of considering them, he would bring forward the jet referred to by the Honourable Gentleman, COTTON WEAVERS. Mr. J. H. ADDING:MN brought in a Bill for amending the Aas for regulating disputes between the Masters and Journeymen engaged in the Cotton Trade.—Read a first, and ordered to be read a se . cond time on Monday se'nnigltt. Lard MARSH/NM repirted from the Committee on the Middlesex Eleal:;n, that it was their wish to be allowed to adjourn frOm to-tint-row till Wednes day; next.---The House, on Motion, granted leav-z ac. cordingly. The second reading of the Prize Agency Bill was, on the Moiion of Mr. JeR V Is, postponed tilt Mon. day sennight. SLAVE TRADE. Mr. WI LeBERFORCF. :taid, that in ottler to suit the convenience of some Gentlemen, he should postpone to Tuesday se'nnight, his intended Motion for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. Gzn. GAsOIGNE wished the Hon. Member to fix another day. Mr. \VILBERFORCE expressed his readiness, if it should hereafter appear to be necessary fir the pur poses of accommodation, to accede to further delay. The Hon. Member was proceeding, when . The SPEAKER interposed to order, conceiving the conversation irregular. Mr. ROBERT bUNDAS obtained leave to bring in a Bill for regulating the Expence necessary to carry into execution the several Ans with respect to the Militia of Scotland, and also the General Defence Aa. The House resolved into a Committee on the Bill for facilitating tile Arrest of Offenders ; but a wish being expressed by Col. VEREKER and Mr. D. BROWNE, that some provision should , he made in the. Bill to enable Grand Juriei in Ireland to raise a Fund . for carrying it into execu:iorl, the Chairman was, after a few words from the ATTORNEY.GE NEP.AL and Mr. Or,msßy, direfled to report pro. gress, and to ask. leave to sit again on Wednesday next. On the House being resumed, leave was given ac. cordingly. The House in a Committee went through the Scotch Excise Licence and the Report Was or dered to be presented on Wednesday next. CORN IMPORTS Mr. WESTERN rose, to make a Motion with re. sped to' the quantity of Corn and Grain imported into, and exported from England and Scotland with in certain Periods. in prefacing his Motion, the Hon. Membet stated, that several Petitions had been presented to Parliament on the subject of the Corn Laws, and referred to the consideration of a Seled Committee. The Report of that Committee had been laid upon the Table, by which it appear ed that the Importation of Corn had of late been considerably enlarged, to, the amount of 4,0,000,c00i. sterling, within the last twenty y ears . A s he `va s perstiaded the question would Out 'rest here, but ;hat the Report would be follov l . cd up by (o t her in,ea,- sures, the Accopts hc meant to move for would tie neressarx to h a ; de lying on the T a bl e; for the 1110. formation of the House. The Hon. Gentleman then moved, 4 4 That there be laid before the Howe, an Ac count of the quantity of Corn, Grain, Malt, Meal, and Flour, exported from and imported into F.ng. land and Scotland, during twenty years, from the sth of January 1770, to the sth of January 1790, with the amount of the Bounties and Drawbacks paid and of the Duties received thereon, together with the average price of Corn in England, in each year, distinguishing each." Also, a similar Account for these thirteen years, from the sth of January 1790, to the sth January, 1803, distinguishing as above.—Ordered. A similar Account was ordered, on the Motion of Mr. PATTISON, from the sth of January, 1803, to . the latest period to which the same can be made out. On the motion of Mr. S. BOURNE, the Account upon the Table respefling the amount of drawbacks allowed to common Brewers under the Aft of the 4.zd of the King, was withdrawn, in order to present a more corred account, which account was presented accordingly, and ordered to lie on the Table. The committal of the Irish Revenue Regulation Bill was postponed till Wednesday next, as were the Committees of Supply and Ways and Means, and also the farther consideration of the Lords' Amend ments in the Volunteer Bill. ARMY OF RESERVE. Mr. PITT moved the postponement of the Order for the third reading of the Army of Reserve Sus pension Bill till Wednesday sennight, and the Right Hon. Gentleman stated, that he should take occasion in the intermediate time to submit to the House some propositions connefted with that subjct. The Mo tion was agreed to. The consideration of His MAJESTY'S MeSq3ge, with respeft to a Provision for the Family of Lord KILwAItDE, was put off till Wednesday. A person from the Veterinary College presented at the Bar an Account of the Condutt, Expenditure, and Parliamentary Grants to that Institution.— Ordered to lie on the 'fable, On the Motion of Mr. Pt fT, the House adjourned till Wednesday. MAILS. DUE. ARR IV ED. Hamburgh 2 -- • PRICE OF STOCKS, THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols - SS a I Ornniutn - - 4 THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICERE FALSUM AUDZA.T ? LONDON, MAY 19, 18C4. WE received this morning the illou;teurs of the zd, 3d, and 4th instant ; they are entirely filed , vith the Debates in the Tribunate, on the Motion for appointing BONAPARTE Emperor of the French. The substance of this Discussion, if is deserves that name, we have already given ; the Speeches are in general very bad specimens of reasoning, but they are full of gross and servile adulation to the First Consul. Dutch Papers were also yesterday received in town, which bring intelligence• from Patis of as Lite a date as the loth. It does not appear that BONAPARTE had then been proclaimed, but it was understood that the Laws by which France is in future to be governed, were to be published in the course of that week. Every Letter that has been received from Peters hurgb,confirms the account we have given, of the deep impression made upon the EMP Elton. by the murder of the Duke D'ENOEIIEN. The day on which the intelligence of that event reached Pctersburgh, the EMPEROR was engaged to an entertainment giver. by one of the Noblemen of his Court,. but he, imme diately sent word that he would not attend, and the entertainment was in consequence put off. The proposal made by the Government of France, to mediate, in conjunlion with Russia, for the purpose of settling the differences subsisting among the Nobility of the German Empire, has been de clined by the Cnurt of Petersburgh, His Majesty being of opinion that these disputes ought to be in. vestigated in the lawful TribUnals of the Empire, without the interference of any Foreign Power, The tumours of an approaching rupture with Spain are becoming stronger every day. The in. fluence, or, we should rather say, the power which France possesses over the Government of that Country, renders it very difficult for her to remain at Peace, while France is engaged in War with Great Britain. We believe that very strong re. monstrances have been made by the British Minister at Madrid, upon the result of which, the conti. nuance of the Peace will in a great measure depend. The Bavarian Minister to this Country, has, it is saiU, received his Passports, and is on the point of setting out on his return to the Continent. Yesterday Mr. PITT took the oaths in the House of Commom, on his election for Cambridge, and afterwards moved to postpone the Army of Re serve , Suspension Bill to Wednesday se'nnighr, and stated, - that in the mean time he should submit some consideration to the House upon the subjca. New Wri:s were ordered for Christchurch, for the Count 1 - of way, and for Helston, to elect Members to serve in Parliament in the room of Mr, Rose, ' v , /110 is aPpiriLL'd J uint Paymaster Lord a Commissioner fir the Affairs of India ; an d Loa J, FiTpIARRTS, a Lord of the Treaturp•-•13 Houses adjourned to Wednesday. WE are glad to find that the advccates for gl i° New Opposition begin to think it necessary 1° use some decency in their language, and that they 11° attempt to hold forth a recantation of the opinl(inl which therso rashly advanced respetling an i in P °r i ; * cant power of the Executive Branch of the Brit's • Constitution. They now affect to deny that th e / " wished coarsely and absolute& to ditiate to f flig KING the choice of his Ministers." If wish es°. however, are to be deduced from expressions, the/ not only coarse/ and absolute& dillated, but strong' ly insinuated that Parliament had a right to egfir4: such a choice. It is with pleasure we see suc h a change in the language of the Writers all to, not because we have the least confidence in their repentance of any of their political errors , bu t because we infer that the former friends of M r ' PITT, who have s o unaccountably lent their 5 3 P cg Lion to the recent measures of his established OPP°' nents, begin to be aware of the danger of ent ering into a coC:nexion with men who are disposed to tilt' treat on essential Prerogative of the Crown w it h so little ceremony. Hence we 'conclu de) • though Mr. PITT may not have the (Acid cve operation of some of his former friends, who ha so long sympathized with him in political Pr in ts, pies, they feel what is due to their own charat -tr . ti, and to their Country, too much, to join in anY he vidious opposition to his measures. As to t c attacks of an hackneyed Opposition, whos e P rin de pies and views are too well known for them In any weight with the People at large, Mr. ha v nothing to fear, because his measures wil l ' o litical may judge from the whole tenor of h is P amen t career, proceed from no feelings but close of a-711 and enlightened Patriotism. Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, His MAJSSII:OI' accompanied by the Duke of C A miEiR ; t ic g, LOOICh',/ airing to Kew. HIS .MAJESTY was foIIOWC 4 the QUEEN, PRINCESSES , the D ukes of CoMl le LAND and KENT. The Royal Party teturn ed to I Queen's House to dine. Mr. PITT and Lard e_2 Amb EN had int;rviews / ell terday with Lord ME t-viLLE, at the Ailaliva lt i vi . a, Lord KEITH arrived yesterday morning in, tid and had a lung interview, immediately, w ith MELVILLE, at the Admiralty. ' en sti. Sir HARRY NEALE has resigned his silitaft" one of the Lords of the Admiralty. ivea E On Thursday evr , itig Sir VAN NEFEAN °r about NC R ` twelve Lond.:n from Dublin ; and yesterdaYt, ',t. twelve o'clock, he hid an interview with Lora " ROW BY, at his Office, where he staid til l p ast , 00 On Thursday all the Foreign Ambassadors with Lord HAattowisy, at hi', osce. a The PRINCESS Of WALES and Suite arils e,tc.- South P,:nd, on Sunday se'nnight. She was e , r tv as from Rayleigh, by Capt. AsPL N's Tr 0013,. an. oceo rcceived, upon her arrival at the grand by the Ptittlewell Volunteers, in a veil s',,cos, like style. Her R , yal Highness , wi th her. 4` tomed urbanity, seemed much pleased with O d e het tendon of the respeaive Corps, and retcO c c epv thanki in the politest manrr, but decline 4 °ce. ing a guard offered her by Capt. Mt LL's br ae." ter' 3 a 0- r Major-General THORNTON is arr i ve d ,je - d bury, and has taken the command of the Ar'4' ) Infantry at present stationed in that CirY*,.. o f 0 15 General CRAIG, Commander in Chi c Es te North Eastern DistriCt, reviewed the Trolt i ." day at Ipswich. 1 061 a st At a Court of Piretlors, held at t he - a tia to- -1 House yesterday, the under-mentioned Cc dw „ - p eet , ': were sworn into the command of thei r te ,. 1 .0 C " ships destined for Bengal (fired, viz. Ca' r ' e , - 1: 0°91. RAMAGE, of the ship Lord Keith, CaP M'TAGGART, of the ship Ocean. c ai Tit 431 The Curt adjourned at six o'clock. t•- - • next at eleven o'clock. Yesterday we received New -I( ork rgler t fs cit M lth ult. inclusive. . game The Leander, of so guns, had arrived in she fell in with the French Fri ton Roads from a cruize. Off t h e C A pes of . 01 14% ga te far the sty perior sailing but could nor bring her to aelion, °Wi n g " of the enemy's ship. Mach, fe l Letters from Curacia, dated 12th he t in': ceived in New-York, state, that i t .„ 3 0 0- - the British laid siege to that pleteet FruCioffer", were issued by the Government of the Llart s hto ll. ing a reward of four dollars for every Eng taken or destioyed by the Negroes. kol ae‘i The Port of Charleston i s said to be Mf s diet by a French Cruizer, which sto p s the vessels foth go out, and actually lies in wait, at the Il lu ke y go • the harbour, to catch the Brit ish vessels as t to sea. S It is said Mr. AR BU THNoT, the Under -en to Lord HAWKESBURY,wiII d ,he appointe ae, bassador Extraordinaty to the Ottoman for r iro . ' will soon sail for Constanti n op le, with a Gen. re . and splendid retinue. This is the same tent • who, as our Minlster to the Court of Sol" rCi s 10 a gociated and concluded, last year, die C" 111 , set tic loco Treaty with His Swedish Majesty, all our differences with the Swedish Nati°ll* £tc di. t The Inverness Militia, one of the fir°, n of d has volunteered its services for Irclan ele merits in the service, commanded by .c w e ' wed las .1,, Colonel"' VIP highly disciplined Corps was revie b ob E finburgh, and_ slimed itself worthy blc ° Re g iment of the Line , The number of Volunteerswho had ehrU NI / i2 iiif e# permanent duty, from the zoth o f • of May, was, accor:1!:Ii.; to an account ortn km, the iivusc Coal:twos, 8,095.