The Sun.
London, England, 1801-12-02 00:00:00

SUPPLY FOR IRELAND.

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Mr. ALEXANDER brOught up the Report of
t:he Committee of Supply, which was read.
On the -question for agreeing to the Resolution
for granting 600,0001. for the Army in Ireland,
Mr. ROBSON repeated the observations he made
on the preceding evening on this subjefi, remark-
ing, that there was no account before the House of
the application of the monies formerly granted on a
vote of credit.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
said, the Hon. Gentleman had confounded two
things together which were wholly distinct. The
Resolution now befor:: the House was for the pur-
pose of granting to His Majesty 600,0001. for the
Army in Ireland, and had no relation whatever to
any Vote of CrAit. All the necessary accounts
would be laid before the House as soon as they could
be made out ; but surely the Hon. Gentleman
would not contend, that because an account was not
on the Table, which hail no immediate relation to
e ~übjea, that therefwe the Army in Ireland was
.4e unprovided for.
..Ir. ROBSON, in explanation, recurred to his
former observations.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
said, he was under the necessity of again troubling
the House, in order that the Hon. Gentleman might
periealy understand him. The Vote of Credit
alluded to by the Hon. Gentleman was wholly
dna from the present Resolution, and had no re-
lation whatever to it. If His Majesty's Ministers
should have occasion. to come down to the House
for a Vote of Credit similar to the former, which
he trusted they would not, they would certainly,
before they asked for that Vote of Credit, bring
an account of the application of the monies arising
from the former Vote of Credit.

The Resolution was then agreed to.
On the question for agreeing to the Resolution
foi,'granting a certain Sum for raving, Cleansing,
and Lighting the City of Dublin,
Mr. ROBSON repeated the observations he had
made on the preceding evening relative to this Re-
solution.

The SPEAKER observed, that this was. only the
Resolution of a Committee of Supply, and that
there was no question how the Sum voted: was to be
provided for.
Mr. ROBSON then objected to the Resolution,
contending that the House had nothing to do with.
Paving, Cleansing and Lighting the City of Dublin,
the Seventh Article of the Union having restricted
the application of the public monies for local pun_
poses in Ircland,to certain manufaturing, charitable,
and pious uses, which could not possibly include
the Paving, Cleansing or Lighting of the city of

Mr. CORRY said, the Resolutions now before
the House had nothing to do with the provision for
the Su in contained in it, which belonged to a Com-
mittee of Ways and Means. It could not he known
at present how the money was to be provided for ;
it might be taken from the Consolidated Fund, or
from the produce of local Taxes in Ireland, or pro-
vided Er in some other way, as the House shOuld
direa. It had always been 411 obje4 with the Par-
liams-nt of Ireland to grant money for this purpose,
, cider that the City of Dublin might be Tet*red
liable to the Metropolis of the Kingdom, The
'arliament of Ireland were indeed bound in good
faith to do this, having divested the Corporation
of Dublin of a part of their Funds; it had therefore
regularly voted a certain Sum in_aid of the Funds of
the Corporation, for the purpose specified in the
Resolution. At the commencOient of the War,
from the increased price of labour, and other cir-
cumstances, it was found necessary to increase that
Sum. The paving, lighting, and cleansing the City
-of Dublin having thus been constantly an objeet of
attention with the Parliament of Ireland, it was
brought befote the Parliament of the United Kingdom
in regular course, amongst other objeas. As to the
pbjedion of the Hon. Gentleo,an founded on toteseventh Article of the Aa of Ynion, it could not
lie too strongly kept in mind that that Article was
a stipulation on the part of Ireland, that a Sum not
less than had been granted by the Parliament of
Ireland during six years preceding, for certain local

prposes, should be applied to the same purposes
by the Parliament of the United-Kingdom. This
Article was not a restrittion ; it did not restrain the
Parliament of the United Kingdom from granting ,
arty Sim which, in its wisdom and liberality, it
might deem proper for any local purpose in Ireland,
but was entirely a stipulation of that Country on
behalf of certain objects, to the support of which it
had been accustomed to contribute certain aid.

The Resolution wad then agreed to.
Or -the Question for agreeing to the Resolution
for g-rantinga certain Sum to the Commissioners of
wide Streets;- in the City Hof Dublin,

Mr. ROBSQN olific4e4 to it on the same ground
as the 'former, observing, that the seventh Ar-
ticle of the Att of Union had not yet been satisfac-
torily explained to him.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said,
he did not think it necessary to explain the seventh
Article of the Aft of Union. It most be obvious to
every one, except perhaps the Hon. Gentleman him.
self, that that Article was merely a stipulation on
the part of Leland in favour of certain objeEls for
which the ParliaMent of that Country had been ac-
customed to provide, and that it did not in the least
fetter the liberality of the Parliament of the United
Kingdom to apply any Sum to any objea of public
utility in that Country. The Hon. Gentleman had
spoken as if the Sums voted for the City of Dublin
were to be borne by this Country, but how did he
know this ? Did the Hon, Gentleman mean to say,
that no local charge was borne by Ireland ? The
House must be aware that there were several Sums
paid out of the Civil List, and, doubtless the indus..
try of the Hon. Gentleman would discover them,
which were raid for local purposes in this Country,
and of which . two seventeenths were borne by Ire-
land. He. did not mean to assert that Great Etitain
must pay fifteen seventeenths of the expence of pav-
ing-, lighting, cleansing, and improving the City of
Dublin ; but surely it was too much to say that the
whole of that expence should become a local cbarge.
upon Ireland. He wished again to repeat, that the
House were not now pledged to ary thing more
than merely ,-oting the Sum ; how it was to be pro-
vided for was a future consideration,
Mr. ALEXANDER thought the observations of
the Hon. Gentlernan,(lKr..o.l.l,,,or;) (lid. not tend to
promote that anikablennel friendly intercourse be-
tween the twil-Coniitriei"-'Which ought to be the re-
sult of the AO of Unicina' That Aet ought, !le
said, to be fairly and liberally construed, and not
made the foundation of cavils against trilling sums
like the present, which were voted for obje6ls of
utility in Ireland. He was surprised the Hon.
Gentleman (Mr. Ro,soN) should persist in standing
singly in opposition egainst these.ll,esolutions.
Mr. CORRY said, he could not ILlp calling the
attention of the House to what the objedions of the
Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Roe.so.N) 7voud lead to, if
pursued to their natural consequences. Several
sums had been voted in the Supplies for Great .Bri-
tain, which were merely for local purposes in this

Country, and with which. Ireland had nothing to
do. whatever. If this was thuS to, be pursued, there
was no knowing where it would end, and he could
not conceive why any jealousies of this nature were
to be stirred up between the two Countries.
- Lord GLENBERVIE said, if tkie 7th Atticle of
the Ad of Union had not been sufficiently explained
to the Hon. Gentleman (Mr.RoasoN) nothing that
he could say would more clearly explain it.
The Resolution was then agreed to.
The other Resolutions were agreed to without
observation.