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cidrut, bet that it has Iwo gradual. AR the
law new stands, the corn of In hind is the turn of
Grist Britain; and if there be io
Ireland and a deficiency in etreat B dein, we wbuitt
be no more warraiited in allowing ufie dietifaUuu
from ,Smut in (reload. nod .lisculitioui,,g it.ut Great
Britain, than we oould be to suveial it in York-
shire, sad allow it in other parrs of Eic;laritt.—
There is evidently reason to apprehend a scar-
city in behold ; and, therefore, distillation fr
Krum ought lint to be allowed." Thie man.
rt. then corivinded with moving, *. That th:a
iteport be recommitted."
The -

_ - calve motion of Sir John Newport was
accordiugly put from the ('hair, after the nr.t mo-
tion was agreed to, namely, ..That the Repo?, be
now taken hit° fuither consideration."
Mr. FuLLLa said, tlitt many weak arguments
bad been resorted to that night, and he begged
'...v.e humbly to insist, that Ministers should Hot
~ ,• e let out such weak secrets ; they should
!. a have let the people know that it was lint in their
~.wer to prevent illegal distillation t they should
lave observed such a secrecy in this respect as is
becoming mu family disputes. tie sli.l 1101 lanai to
spa sit agaiast the Irish nation. whom he considered
a tine imouourable people ; but he would make One
remark. they had heeii spoken A. 4411114 on account
of religion and other things that lie knew no-
thing at all about ; but he thought the only
Thiel; they wauted nos catching and taming. to
laugh) ; amid be appealed to the House, whether
that tumid be effected by spirits, which most ope-
rate to make them ten-fold wilder ? Upon the
whole, he considered it impolitic, nowise. and un-
just.
Sir T. Tcaron said, that the question then be-
fore the 11,mm:tormented itself in a two-fold point
of view ; first, Hi it affected Ireland, and secondly,
as it affected the country at large. Ilis great ob-
jection to the measure was, the distinction it went
to create between the two countries. There was
not in it that principle of reciprocity, bath with re-
'fleet to interest and sacrifice. which justice requir-
ed, and which the articles of Union promised. He
stat•il, that the price of wheat, barley, and oats,
was very great, end the quartern loaf was fourteen
pence. tie considered the House of Commons as
she guardians ~t. oven. description of men in the
country, and it was their ditty to see that there
should be no waste. It hull been said, that the
pot peryle of Dublin had not grains to feed their
e iv. with, hut he thought it much more ma-
terial post Abe people should have bread to eat.—
It was :aid that ;tiyet West
.itritiis interests should;
Le eousulteds but he was inclined to look to the•
Onterinds of the Chanter 'at ll_ „Tee. This was not a
question between the Weei,luella andlagrieuttnral I
neteresis,lheit between the whilig.'erf time kingdom'
soul a part of it. The"m4rintile interests, he'
ttiaight, should he coasi*reil also. . This measure'
si...s a violation of.the lith Article of. the Act oil
15,ii0.i. Ile kneyinnthing of tVest lool.a interests, •
or I.gri:nsltienil inners-mire;, but the general interest ...
of the countr:, he hoped, he would always wader`
stand, and slways adhere to. lie' appealed •til the
Bight lion. Gentlinocii• oiipn.ite, wlfethrit;ii:wia.
not a partial eiteaiure, spud olether tie *di' not 4 °I
Silenced in the proposal of it •by his partialitynpi
the lion. Gentleman ate* him?
Mr. Fltasean wished ta 14epass a sioleswkiilis
!pee the adman*a of the Consinitfee,'while be of-
fered a fearessarhs on sse fatUift,y and inconsist-
ency of this measure Lake theta. Upon the vile&
acre of lost year, be observed, that it did PO*
gioate in the distresiseis of the colonial trade-.4h '
It was critically and esemitially beneficial to it,-dart
the measure of the present year wits made up ago
Inkny different principles, that it was impossible to
expect from it any beneficial result. The evil
dreaded was scarcity of grain. Oats were thespe-
cies of grain which England had most reason to
dread the et int of, and it was that in which Ireland
. most alooteaded; yet in Ireland distillation was vis-
count:fed. Ile considered that as the moment when
they should be forward in proving the blessings of
time Union to both countries. They should tell Eng-
land, Ireland is a granary from which jour wants
via be cbeerfaUy and plentifully supplied; and
they .should tall Ireland, the capital she wanted
should he olttaiacd from hence. Such was the
language they should hold. Bul the nseasare now
before them appeared a. ii it had originated with
one who wished to bring discredit iipou the Union.
A fact had been stated of 150 illegal still. being
dadroved in the coarie of oae morning ; hut it
was not tii be iimferrial from thence that there were '
ISO more re:nainiiig.-1 Cry of •• Question !
Question !"/ Thc Irish illicit tusde was of the im-
bue of all other illicit trade ; great risk was in-
curred, and it must be for the hope of great ad-
vantage. The Howse would, ther•fwe, do well to
consider, whether the great extent of the illicit trade
in Ireland did not arise out of the nature of the laws,
and that systen. of policy which had been punned
by the Government ?
Sir ktuasarr Peat, hoped that the importance of
the Illeaslina under consideration, would excuse his
troubling the House with a few word.. He h%d
some share in effectin,,.r the union between the two
countries, and considered it Ilse most important
business of his life. When that union was brought
about, he thought that they would go hand in hand
I. prosperity and adversity. The northern parts of
this comm.), now wasted the assistance of Ireland,
as it suffered a deficiency iii trade, occasioned not
by *Government, but by the enemy. The Irish,
he said, Lad kept in good order, and conducted
themselves well, bat be could scarcely think they
would persevere its such a hue of conduct, if they
Peat on distilling an article so destructive of order
and life.
Sir A. Wat.r.r.st.tv denied that the articles of
Vhion were brogen through by the pleasure. lie
mid, that grabs was so scarce in parts of Ireland
last year, that Government were obliged to move
the artillery froin one part of the country to
*neither, on account of thee want of grain ; provi-
sions were se high is souse places that the soldier's
pay was Rot adequate to his support. When a
duty was placed upon sugar, it did not fall upon
thenotteu met, and it was the sans in the present
case I if be thought the ice:74Blre formed hard i
upon this country, be would be one of the first to
tom iti„minst ii.
Mr. (.741i.w. n thought that this was not a ques-
tisirshiskuu . tie touet7 an 1 t!mv other. lie raked
Itsbeshoss, if paalla diil4l. ief nem-e opened, that