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eree, so Tong **lid this country abstain -from
the adoption of the measure's of a juatitied re-
tidied:tom To proceed ot her s4' Ile wad ILISiIDi tut.
Mg your policy to that of a rower, who re-
svted no
,riglit, or admitted of uo neutrality.
however Caught in the ststract, there were
cireurnstauccs with respect to !reload, which ought
to have recommended • more and a more
honest po'iey. That country depeuded upon the
im!lortation of flax-seed from America, for the raw
material of itastapte commodity, the linen trade. It
deocuded Ameneit for a great consumption

of-that manufacture. In what way, then, was that
manufacture, so vitally impoitaut to the iutere,ts
and prosperity of Ireland, affected by these orders
of commercial rigour? It heft this effect, that.
at the last linen market iN the Metropolis of
Ireland,. not one-fifth' of the linens exposed
for sale were puritased, amt what were sold
were at a deprectatioa of in per cent. for
foreign, and lu per cent. for home consump-
tion. There was itho a considerable want of pot-
ash for that branch of Manufacture, as well as
a consideralle deticieitcy of staves, so tnuch want-
ing for the South of Ireland. On every view, he
knew of no greater addition to the calamities of
the world than an American war. In the present
cinmnistances of the distracted globc, that nation
which yielded most to avoid such a state of
hostility, was the nation of most undemanding.
In such a contest, victory and defeat were synotd-
moils terms; as v. hatever, in point of success,
each s onld ohtnin over the other, would be no-
thing more th .n the secumitlated gain of Fraace.
Much had b ,en said of the host de seal of the
.American Cn.tgress, and of the warmth with which
its Member. debated the stature of the relations
existing bet reen the two countries. Have we not
hrd argy debarts in the Briti..h Parliament ? is
it to affix an evil character to the warm contentions
of this House? Let oft, then, recollect, that Allll.
rice was animated by a sivark of the same spirit,
that the attack would be between the parent and
the child. It would tie wo a Isccanne it would then
he freedom arrayed a ainvt its Litilred spirit. De-
pend upon it, that a . h ivisr wilt give the title deed
of inheritance to the dynasty of Ilona:la:tr. It will

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lace these two Island . the brit place of

liberty, between two tiki-
widely sacritice the tasc 'pot of that tlAert.-1 where

it will he possible for a freeman to trial. And for
what purpose shall we realize such au evil on Eng-.
Isuid, on the world, on the last resoneee and future
hopes of ?—Forsooth, to gvt a, tuarket 14)r
sugar—aaischievous policy ! Cue the tritit•lt Par-
liament eu soon for et, that the imposition of a
Tea Tax on Autericu brought on a l':operty Tax
upon England. Beware how you ettablish France
in America, aid by your frunte quartet with that
nation, enlist the navy of Etigla”il in the servife of
BOnsparte. The ocean protests cgal,t4 the cats-
mitv, and will an infatuated Ministry proceed ?
Mr. BANILILII argued ably on the same side. and
conjured the ;louse to pause before it proceeded
. in that career of violence against neutral status.
Mr. WI t osseous supported the measure; and
Lord Iles RY - P STTY MSe, at two o'clock, when
he entered into a most perspicuous statement of
the consequences which would result from these
measures, and cautioned Ministers of their respon-
sibility for the system of political empiricists
whiel‘ibsy were pursuing.
Mr.SocretaryCANNlNS conceived that the mea-
sure wool t ultimately tend to support the British
commercial co wittition and her naval superiority
at sea. He entered lame ;.urea refutation of the
doctrines laid down by tl e Noble Lord, and con-
cluded with strongly urging the necessity of the
measure.

Mr. Werrnaean answered Mr. Canning in a
very animated speeeli ; hr considered the princi-
ple laid down by the Right Hon. Gentleman
who preceded him, ns totally• subversive of the
commercial policy of the country. lie was anxi-
*as the (louse should vindicate its character by an
almost unanimous opposition to the measure pro-
posed by His Majesty's Minister,
Mr. Rosy; plaine I ; aft r which a division took
place, when there appeared for the Bill—
Ayes lgo
Noes

M‘jOrity PO)
'The Hnn4e adjourned at SIX o'CI,OCK, this
morning (Sst irday), till Monday next.