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been mad- by Cite late Loni Clnre, r,;.,ie.1
the mode of ripe oil the ;n11,6101.4 or t:.e at rient
Itritedi law. To suety that the tint's ti:td bird a azt-
11;tary oper.itiou, the Iterht !Liu. Ilartwet
cunute-
►ated n ‘ll...iely of places urre ill
euawritteitee tft: versa up, mid he coi,fri:ded tlrit
the Konet.ttecow. would have b.:lowed h... 1 the mea-
sure b-en ittetnenbly acted itirmi, :AM eapscd ti
hir trin!.

Mr.Lsst.tc.FnsTF:t expel :inert the nature of the
expense attendant oplltl tlee Crete II I IrbSertittinm
alluded to, the amount of which did not oo to
few bort vi loafs employed ill that duty, but was
solidi it:led into 14 great many parts.
Sir JOll,l STEWAILT wits :is (111X11111S as any man
to stop illicit distillation, but not in this iillist
cin-
lent and unconst:tutional foamier, by
ninety-Mae cases out of one bombed, the loutish-
'tient tell on the innocent. it wets adol,tiog
lint It ntofish system of law, to 'novel:it
in this mode of It gislatioli. In no ca,e, except a
Misprision of tieasoli, was this general plan of
punishment acted upon. But even in that,
'math, rage, and lunacy, would he a protection,
which was not the ca-e in those laws affect-
ing Ireland. The flotti:uralile Member quoted
a variety of instances, in %Melt the asst ter-
rible evils were produced by this indiscriminate
mode of levying tines on town-lands. It 11:111
lint been imposed in England— t had in Scot-
land, and was repealed. Estates were fined on
some occasions to an extent, that they were not
worth redemption. Of this nature was one of an
Hon. Friend of his, alto hail been on the Continent
with the Duke of Wellington doniig the whole of hiss
lie was wounded in ei _Ott battles, and, t n
returetim.;, found his estate worth nothing, front those
fides imorised for an offence in which he had not
the smallest participation, or even knowledge of.
( Hear. )—ltevenne officers latd antasstd eiiiirmotts
sums of ttimey in those districts. of Incl. was
required front poor wretches not worth a
in open defiance of constitutional law, and tall this
iridium a trial, or even opportunity of establishing
their i 111 l trireme.

Mr. complained of the course the debate
had taken, idler his Hight Hon. Friend had signi-
fied his intention of steeediiit; to the motion. He
then entered into a history of flit• law so mach coin-
plitined of, which :ie sJi.! originated with the 16.11
Parliument, wild after being repealed in Englund,
was again revived, at the petition of various coun-
ties in Ireland.

Lord MILTON thought it was evident, from what
hail passed, that the whole system of the law* for
raising revenue in frel Ind required revision.

After a few words from sir GEORGE HILT., Mr.
LucEtm, and Mr. SHAW, the inottuu w,ts agreed
to, and the Committee imitoioted.

SOAP BI

The CHANCELLOR-4
iiief:XCHEQUER moved,
that the House should go into a Committee ou the
Soap Bill.
Lord NItt.ToN thoutda, that at so late an hour
the question should nut be coreri.rd. The
objections of some of 114 c3nstitnents, he helieced,
were nat removed by the change intended .t• be in-
troduced in the measure.

The CHANCELLOR. of the ExchFrzurtt WAS un-
willing even at an late an hour to lu.e a stage, parti-
cularly us the price of the article was already in-
crcased. The Noble Lord would have am oppor-
tunity of deliveriair his sentiment% in a future stage.
Mr. HARVEY observed, that if the Chancel:or of
the Exchequer would lay n (Inty in the "sine pro-
portion of Soft Soave 716 1111 I lard, he thought all the
objections would he removed.
The CHANCEI.I.O4 of the EXCIIFQUI.II declared
his intention or doing ►o, and stated, that the mom.-
boiler. of the anetroin,!i4 bad tow no objection to it.

In answer to a tine-ibrti from Lord Ltill.TON.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. said, that
the present Bill gave every• airleilutage to the nutou-
&muter in point of drawback, which lie elijo)ed
before the Bill.

The B:11 then pawed through the Committee.
and the report was ordered to be brought up tt.
Inni rots.

The other orders of the Day were di.posed of,
and the House adjourned at Two o'l2 LOCK.

(For a 1.4 t of tte .llniority and Minoritg that rot"! on
the Catholic Qutdion,on Tuesday night, ace ta.it pave )