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with it, lavilig a jest refrartl to all those ieterede, Rosncial
sad totaihreial, width are involved is the due execution of
the service belooging to these departlisentem
We are well aware that it is to °lose interests clone that the
prostate of our Commission extends. la elesias ;his Recort,
however, we trust it may be permitted to as to observe, that
some beat/nisi consequences, even beyond those immediately
affecting the Reweave asd the 'lambast, may he expected to
',MOP frail the seism' of these departok.eote with the corre.
'pundit's breadth. of the Revenue its "Crest hole. They
comprehend alargeoumberof officers extirsively distributed,
coCtiocted laibeahaeharge of their deities with the interests of
a Considerable proportion of the cossinoni:y, and poseeniag
a delete of ensiles in Ireland greatly superior to the
*rig whieli loots to them •• ibis country. Auy measure
aphids would have the elect of introdoeiag into such
establishment* aa heprcoved state of better habits
of paced emsdisct, a rose • egara :o the :atereats
.4 The Crowstaad a more impartial consideration of be
j ist chink of the subject, could Inlay fail .o produce
advantageomm results, beyond a mere improvcimeat in the
excecution of their own 'furiclieum. We eonlidentty trust,
that all of three benellts world /anon tae extension of the
syseela of reweave to Ireland, 10;ether wit% the in.
terminiura of British sad Irish olfiee-s in the administration
n 7 it ; sad Me ainaoebo t entet tai• :he :tope that sorbs change
would esoiribate, is some .Degree at least, to that: amelioration
of she general state sod condition of 'lreland, which a closer
nPnvotieseasso to the usages sad inelilatietss of this cosutry
is hest calculated to effect, and which is an object of such
vital importaac• to the political welfare of the limited
Kist/plow
T. WALLACE (L. 9.)
THOS. FRANKLAND LEWIS. (Le.)
7. C. Ti ERRI Re. (L a.)
W. I. LUSH I PIGTON. (Ls.)
HENRY BERENS. OL:s.)
Odle* of Inquiry id, the 'Collection
sad Illeinagemeat of the Reseediss
June el, IMIL

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We tMs day give a correct copy of the ."F.econcl
deport of the Commissieuers of Inquiry into the
Collection sod Management of the public Acetone
in Ireland, and certain Departments of the saw in
Great Britain. •It recommends the incorporation
of the several Boards of Revenue throughout the
United Kingdom, the effrct of which, it sap, will
be to extend the wholeaorne regulations of this
country to Ireland, together with all the rules and
previsions by which both the Customs and Excise
are now governed in England.

The termination of the Session of Parliament
naturally leads to r retrospect of its tabours. They
have been of a lower excitement than those of se-
veral other Sessions within the lac twenty-tire
years, but of no less importance than t:te ,cos:
busy sad anxious. They are not so dutch remark-
able for their direct efficacy, as for &lid: pregnancy
with the matter of deeper and moreimportant events.
They clearly mark the crisis of ihe military :ever
and spirit of foreign t.orniostion which have xiaUe
the councils and exploits of this kingdom once
the hatred and admiration of the nations of Euro:,e.
At the commencement of the sittings there cud
linger somewhat of the old hectorin;„ style in the
orations of the Noble Marquis, the Foreign Secre-
tary. His opprobrium of the Spanish and ?ono-
guess Revolutions were thought at the time to indi-
cate a mad continuance in the projects of the holy
Alliance. The Earl of LIVIRPOOL said so.f.e-
thing of the new Cons►itutions scarcely more civil.
But it would not do any longer. Perhaps eve one
it to agricultural distress. So it was, that the coun-
try gentlemen were able to percei►e fo: the firs..
time thetualevolesi. absurdity or a Goverktient cori-

posing the most reasonable and moderate improve.
rnents in the worst governed States. Zven Lore
Srattt t'T took fire at last—and, forger.: or his
effective support of the six Acts, uid so i.elOtour
the pragmatic legitimacy of the polite i..larrinis
with the doctrines of the Bill of Ilightr,:hat St.
Stephen's was tilled with wonder, and i 6 is said Ar.
Witaxitroace and the Saints looked to be wit-
nesses of a second visitation with the gift of tongues.
Meantime the sectet scales of the Cabinet seemed
to have been completely equipoised with regard to
the revolutioos. The Spanish Minister was refused
admittance at Court, most likely .by way o; rwe-
partition for his prompt and disgraceful dismissal,
in case of successful counter-working, then evi-
dently epoch hoped for. '1 be progress of the See
oion seemed by degrees to have none away the moat
distant prospect of interference. This is the only
instance, since that of the property tax, is which
the voice of Parliament has been effectually opposer
to the avowed or implied witroes of the tlinister,
with the entire concurrence of the people. Was
this to be attributed to the independence and
integrity of Parliament ! The result ought to
satisfy or; but doubts will linger that it. was
more owing to the seosiiiveness of the great
landlords, who just then began to discover that,
whatever the management of the war, the ex.
penes first or last must mainly devolve on the lands.
ludeed, considering how plainly Locxx demon-
strates this to them in his short Essay on Money,
their present distress from the loss of rents is almost
as ridiculous as those of undone gamblers. At
length reason returns in the place of departed af-
fluence, and they have discoveted that a war un-
connected with the interests of our own territory,
differs nothing in policy and usefulness from a
crusade. It was found that the lands were ex-
hausted to pay the interest on the expenses of the
war. It would be unfair to criticise the con-
duct of the landowners with acerbity while
they were suffering the anger and mortification'
incident to their fallen condition ; but we can
never forget that all their plans were imbued with