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I 'll/, after eautetaion of practices which had been
..... tlerated, but which, limit granted, woold overate
I 41Jainst th.• revenue. They would *eve, said to
' them, '.* Now, if you Jo not buffer me, tuft:be:a, I'll
prosecute ymi fur foViiier tines." Therel.iteAplui
• that a geni•rai act of amnesty betnitie• neeenetti, up
*n :i particular il.l, viiien ffur litstalits alioiald be
r. illy enforced. s. •• .s •. , .
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.tir. HORNER bail', Oust the clause was very much
to the publie detrinitmt, and he was iutieli sur-
prised to find, day stfter day, valrucates fur those
who had been guilty of the roost glaring frauds.—
Tie wilt astonished that such doctrine 1.1 Id. he
' held by the Right Min. gentleman, and support-
ed by other Gentlemen i.. His Majesty's l loverna
mtmt. lie believed it it he a libel, tout ull me
it • . revenue °fleets had been al.ke guilty, Mali did nut
• b,!.itikie to say, thst were time the teas', they should
*II ion dints; ,sed.

Mr. Foliose expluined : lie slid not wry all the
revenutrollicers were guilty; he confined it to the
Excise shine, and did not extesid it to the Cestoms.
•Mr. Bs NlifiS said, that, from o h.st le had seri,
and heard of the at sr of collee,ssit the rewrote-.
its Ireland, it was dillicult for those 011 dos side the
water to sly what should lit doom. Feseli proceed-
isitts here would not he endured for a motorist.
That :owl) into slioulal cosithine in office, and even
be appointed to promote the asnelooleion owl het-
ter coll:x•tion of the revenue, W 45 out or sill le:llatile
A nsto...; v was not iiiiiittil, hut e•iiiirple. It wa. te-t-
-ter to I site men ca.uolly, thin ililwiiil on those
who bail liven found guilty of 4 Inemell of trust.
S:r SANtit:l. 11011111.1,5' stud, he would ir-liert• it
impuesNe fur the House to pm.- each a claws , tin
be saw it stilo;ited. The clause iloi not go to Ilitletki-
lay person', the exisqo tit's hose quilt 13 known; but
to pursues, of the extent of ti hese ...plat the Howse
bail an commotion ; indent _ideation was to he 6 r•ust.
oil in general tevies. lit called upon the House to
think whether this woo a proper time, itlicii un-
blindest reports wore going abrupt/I, that they were
conniving at corruption, to it.inot such clause ? . :
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Mr. PtiIICEYAI. was not univ surprise.' to hear
what fell from the lion. fientlessoito as if thr ei.u.•
was intended to sanctum eiirrujitioo, bet that any
one could suppose it ails iiiteinleil to dianirlissire
or connive at sect tom:lives. The present Katt a
on. snot' of policy : IVlsetl..r it wools' lw better to
continue your old otscere, oi to take !lice ones ? Ile
had heard GenUemessra they would shot:barge them.
It was easy to say so ; utite i4liffscatry to get new
ones would he greatly -raPseire+lo4 to co.stein-.
p!ate. If they ere sot to oe Ischargol. thefts
they cot.!sl do no 'after thati-ai is Hight, lion.
Friend had gaol ; this osmium most he adopted, of.
they could sun d,illie sldties of their odic 1. "
'lr. CALL a ter Atter, this was a queetiati'ilf yen
consideralits is.ipw:ance.iind was sutrpriskehnt dire
• Cisaticellor of the Est:hes:loer should legal lois woe-.
tic,. to such n measure. • liestospected these must
be motives for protectime ;he officens. of which lie
hoes nothing. What the ofriCetkof this (Novotny
•' would think, when they heart! their brother °Rivers
in Inland boil beets carrying on frauds wills note-
riety, stirp obtained a hill of indemnity, be could not
tell. It the Cliaiwellor of the Exchequer limiest-6rd
of such practices here, he would tint have MK tiou-
ed them. It wait extraordinary that the. Chintelipe
of the Exchequer for Ireland ishoold prOpose such
a clause, hut snore extraordinary that it 11:ciald be
approved by the English Cloineellor of the tamale.
garr.—llogues had been discovered colluding with
the distiller, to defraud the Reveille., receiving 301.
a month each, fur robbery. Were they discharged ?
11o; they got an increase of salary, were promoted,
and obtained a bill of intlemnineauon. if they •
could not find honest servants in Ireland. let them
import some from this country, or fool)) Senthind i
there were plenty who would be 411:14 to go ; lie
dare say an Hon. Gentleman oppitaite cool I recom-
mend some, and 'night perhaps then have a list of
30 or forty in his pot ket.
Mr. Malloarr told, it wastimifoaiiilile for him
to think that His Majesty's &tinistera roolyl have
tiny other view than the.benefit albs Itemite iii
Ireland ; but still eoold not agree its the !Propriety
of the chow, for, al tl* proverb mid. " l'iiit Wiould
never trust a retunneil drunkard with the-key of
the cellar." Ile would'voteagainsi it.
Col. lirrriit stilt( said, that the disetrine in sup-
port of the clause went to lilwi the.eousitry. If it
went abroad, it would give au 'Wiwi hat tliere were no
honest mint to be f I there ; and if Members for
Ireland did not condemn it, they 'would deserve the
reprobation of their country meis.
Mr. Citottes lend, the Comini.sioners did not
recommeuil severity the thy past, but secunty rot
the, future ; awl he should .import the clause, con-
sistently art, their opinion, for if the presetit
clause aid not pass, the wlsofe of the Officers must
b: dismissed.
• Mr. Ilsateueos said, if he tlsosight the dense
would prevent corruption, he WOlll4 vote for it ;
bat could it be supposed that men oho had. hewn
its the hnhit of recut: too large sums foam tie di*.
tillers, and liviug tip to it. wouldleave their habits
for the advance of their salaries? It was contrary
to all human protthility, and was not to lie ex-

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Pected ; be should timeline give the clause cos
• sitga‘ive.
• Mr. 'WEISMAN said, that what he could coiled
from the argnments adduced in support of the
woq thi., that from the ofticers having all
been guilty, they could not be dismissed ; awl haw-
ing all been guilty alike, a part could out be dis-
charged without injustice to the other. He agreed
with an Hon. Gentleman who had juAt sat down,
that it was not likely that men who had contracted
110)4%, by extensive profits, would be induced to
aboadon them for the sake of an increase of salaries,
and deprecated the idea of a legklative provision re.
cording that they could not discharge them ; it
would induce them to proceed in their career, and
make thein believe they dart not puuixlw
The question being loudly called for, a division

took plsace, when there appeared—
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ilfajority naiad
Mr. Will TIIIC•D, ac4rartiou• to at cliscuissiMi which
lusd lately tiskrn piece; mi the %object of 'a• Mr.
Walter twists/ splw►itnwl. so 114 place of 'stair-
keeper to the en.sKwiriste in ,Fiple-P.ll. sysiktishe
hsol since then It-amused. that time person had held
other appointments sioilir Government. Ile there-
fore 4ave notice, that, unless he shod 1 find, b..' was
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