The Sun.
London, England, 1806-06-17 00:00:00

AFFAIRS OF IRELAND.

Sir J. NEWPORT brought up a Bill to encourage
the workiilg of Mines iti'lreland;.whichwas read a
first, and ordered to be read a second time toirlor-

mow.

Sir J. NEWPORT brought up a Bill to replate the
Eleaibn of Members to serve in Parliament in Ire-
land; read a.first, and ordered to be read a second
time to-'morrow, and to be printed.
Sir JOHN NEWPORT moved the Order of the Day
for tal;ing into consideration the Report of the Irish
Militia Service Bill.

Mr. 0. HA RA 'said, it had been the, custom upon
former occasions for Government, in the first in-
stance, to defray the expellee of removing the men
from. one service to the other, but that the. money
was repaid by an assesstnent upon the Counties : he
hoped there would be no such condition annexed to
the present Bill, but-that Government would defray
the whole expellee.
The Bill was ordered to be re-committed to-
morrow.

Sir JOHN NEWPORT moved for leave to bring in
a Bill to amend the Irish Spirit Licence Mts.—Leave
gainted.

SCHOOLS IN IRELAND.
Sir JOHN A:EIf:PORT said, he rose, in 13' \
suince of the notice which he had given, to call the
attention of the I-19a4e to a subjea which con-
-siAered as'being of considerable importance to Ire.

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land, -and to move for leave to bring •in: a BUI to
empower the Lord Lientenant of Ireland, for the.
time being; to appoint Corinnis'siorierS to inquire into
the state of the public endowed Schools in Irelatth.
He trusted that it would nOt be necessary for hiln to
occupy much Of their time in commenting uppn the
advantages that world be derived from improving
the educatiOn of . the mass of the people in Ireland.
It was a subject that had frequently occupied the
attention of the Parliament of Ireland ; and an Aft
was passed the 9, th Geo. lll.,cap. 38. for the purpose
ofappointing Commissioners to inquire into the state
of their Schools;
.the consequence was, that a very di-
ligent inquiry did take place,-and a Report was made,
which contained a great deal of very useful informa
tion, by which it clearly appeared, that very great ablises
bad been committed in the applicaticii of the Funds,
Legacies,.and Endowments given for these purposes,
and that great sums of money had been appropriat-
ed to the private use of pet sons who were entrusted
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with the application of it for public purposes. ^ No
steps, however, were taken in consequence of this
Report, although the 'subjea was brought timer the
consideration of Parliament in 170, and in 1799,
when strong Resolutions were passed, declaring
the necessity of improving the, education of the
common people of Ireland. But notwithstanding
these repeated efforts of the Parliament, the edu-
cation of ,the mass of the people of Ireland re-
mained unimproved by the lapse Of time. The
object of the Bill which he now moved for would be,
• to appoint new Commissioners, in order to institute
a fresh Inquiry with a view of finding out some per-
manent measure to effed an objet admitted 'upon,
al bands to be -so-necessary:,--Leave was given.
PAPER CURRENCY IN IRELAND.
Mr. BERNiIRD rose to ask the. Right Hon.' Ba-
ronet (Sir JOHN NEWPORT) whether he did not

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Mean to bring thrward some measure to check the
great issue of private paper in Ireland, and the abuses
resulting from the banking systeai in that Country ?
It was perfeEtly well-known, that persons had set
up banks in Ireland with scarcely any capital, and
had issued paper to an immense amount; and when
failures happened, great—ournbers of persons were
athaally involved in ruin ; he therefore hoped the
Right Hon. Baronet would bring forward some mea-
sure to remedy the evil.

Sir JOHN NEIP PORT said, he was perfe&ly
aware of the evil of which the Hon. Member com-
plained, but it was a subject of great delicacy, and it
was highly necessary that any measure of regulation
which might be proposed should be most maturely
considered. Therefore, he did not think it right to
yropose any measure at this late period of the Session,
but he certainly would call the attention of the H6use
to, IC eaTly next Session.

CORN INTERCEJANGE 3TLL.
-On our re-admission to the Gallery, we found the
iii a Committee on the Bill for the free Inter-
Change of Corn and Grain between ,Great Britain
and Ireland.

Mr. FOSTER, after adverting to the great im-
portance of the Bill, stated, that the grand preventive
to its efficiency, as it stood at present, was, that
no uniform and general standard •of import and
export prices was established, but the prices were
differently regulated in the two Countries. To ob-
viate this, he proposed two Clauses to be added to
the Bill, enacting, that the calculation should be
formed upon the whole" average prices of grain in
the Maritime Counties of England, Scotland, and
Lifland.

Sir JOHN NEWPORT acceded to the propriety
of the clauses, but thought that their addition to the
present Bill would occasion the loss of so much time
in Procuring the necessary returns as would make
it impossible to carry the measure this Session ; he,
therefore, hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would
not press them at present, but allow them to be the
subjet of an amended At in the next Session.
Mr. FOSTER did not see the advantage of bring-
ing forward a half measure, to 'be regulated and com-
pleted next year. Without the regulations he had
proposed the Bill would be of no beneficial effea I
and he thought the Session would be long enough,to
admit of their adoption.
Mr. WILLIAM SMITH .and Sir ROBERT PEELE
thought the general principle of the Bill of such im-
portance, that it ought to pass without the delay of
particular regulations not yet digested, but which
could be added when they were.
Mr. FALKINER said, he rose to express the.
great degree of horror he felt at seeing the business
of Ireland so shamefully transa&ed in that House
before almost empty benches. This was the second
time- he had had occasion lately to notice this ; and,,
as
.representing the first county in Ireland, he consi-
dered it necessary, in order to prevent disgraCe from
attaching to him.. .

Earl TEMP LE said, nobody Would feel the dis-
grace more than be should; if the English Members
of Parliament could be supposed Capable of negle6t-
ing the business of Ireland. He was sure, however,
there was not a Representative in that House, who
did not feel it to be equally his duty to attend to the
concerns of both Countries, and he hoped the Hon.
Gentleman would recant his censure.
Mr. FOSTER said, however he might admire
the warmth of the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Falkiner),
be could not but feel that his observation was not
relevant to the present debate, as this was a mea-
sure as much English as Irish.
After .a short debate between Mr: Scott, Sir
Newport, Mr. Pattison, Mr. Alexander, .Lord De
-Blaquiere, Mr. 'Western, and Mr. Foster, the clauses
were agreed to, the Report was received, and ordered
to be taken into further consideration on Fridan_
and the sill, with the Amendments, ordered to be
printed.

The Irish Pot Road Bill went through a Com-
mittee, and the Report wa3 ordered to be received
this day. _ _

The other Orders were deferred till Thursday, and,
at One o'Clock, the House adjourned. •

DUBLIN, JUNE 12.—Yesterday 'His Grace • the
Duke of BEDFORD nominated the Rev. Dean WAR-
BURTON to succeed to the Bishoprick of LIMERICK,
void by the death of the .Right Rev. Dr. Jona BAR-
NARD, late Bishop thereof.
Preparations arc ordered to be made at the Castle
for a magnificent celebration of the PRINCE of
WALES'S birth-day, on the 12th of August, in St.
Patrick's Hall.

Mc. ,Comusor is appointed suecc9 er to fir M.
Sy iris, as Master. of the- Rods.

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TUESDAY. JUNE 17, 1806.

At a late hour last night we received Ptiris Papers
to the 1 ith inst. from 'which we hdve made very
copious' and interesting extrads. • The song dis-
puted question respe&ing the evacuation of Cataro
is at length finally settled, at' least it is officially
announced in the IWoniteur. In consequence of this
concession on the part of Russia, it is stated that the
French Troops will be imtnediatelywithdrawn from .
Germany, and that the Fortress Of Brannau will be
given up to the EMPEROR of GERMANY. But in'
an nounbing this intelligence, the writer in the French
official. Paper takes the opportunity of making a most
violent attack upon Great Britain. The Noititeur also
contains a long article in the 'shape of a Note upon
a Paragraph in Mr. Fox's Speech on the Mutiny
Bill. It is couched in terms less acrimonious' than
the former, but it displays the same spirit of hostility
against this COuntry. The obje& of it is, to prove
that Great Britain can never make any important
Military exertions on the Continent : 'First, because
she has no Allies: and, secondly, because the extent
and number of her Foreign Possessions require so
large a portion of her Military Force. Our East
Indian Possessions, it is said, require forty Regiments
fur their defence, and Gibraltar two. We really did
Snot expea to find such gross ignorance,: with respe&
to our Military Establishment, in the Monitettr.

.We have also received Dutch Papers to the 15th
inst. which are nearly filled with details respecting
the new Constitution. Messrs VERHEUIL and VAN
STYRUM have returned from Paris to,the Hague, and
have announced to their Countrymen that Prince
Loxits BONAPARTE has graciously. condeScended to
become their King, and that he would speedily visit
his new dominions. He will be accompanied, for
very obvious reasons, by a considerable body of
French troops. A report was circulated 'in Holland
that the new King had died suddenly; but there
does mot appear to be any reason to give it the
slightest credit.
• Letters from
.Berlin state, that Baron HARDEN-
BERG was about to depart for Louden on a special
mission. ,

YESTERDAY the Funds experienced another very,
considerable rise, andit was confidently asserted that
a Negotiation for the purpose of restoring Peace had
a&ually been opened, and that Lord YARMOUTH,
who arrived in town a few days ago from France,
had yesterday set off for Paris, with some Dis-
patches from the British Government.

The Very commendable .secrecy which Govern-
ment has preserved with respect to the intercourse
which has hitherto been carried on between the
'two Countries, renders it impossible for us to
communicate any positive information. on this
subject; we can only repeat the opinion which
we gave yestei-day, that these reports are found-
ed merely upon conjecture,, and probably cir-
culated for the most interested purposes. The lan-
guage used in the. ast Illoniteurs with respea to
England is far from being of a pacific or conciliating
nature; and thtbugh the conduct of the present Chief
of France is not governed by ordinary rules, yet it is
,
not very p'mbable tnat he would accompany. .propo-
sitions of a pacific. tendency, with language calcu-
lated only to inflanie ,the animosity which subsists
between the two Couutries.

Windsor-Terrace was extremely crowded on Sun-
day evening: their MAJETIES and PRINCESSES came
on at half past seven o'clock. The company pressed
upoh them sd much, that they could hardly pass.
Among the company we noticed the Duke of Biro-
CLEUGH, Earl CAMDEN, Lord SOMERVILLE, the
RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR, the Dean of WINDSOR, and
a number of other persons of distinction.

THEIR MAJESTIES honoured the Russian Am-
bassador and the Dean of Windsor with their con-
versation, and at half, past eight THEIR MAJESTIES
had a Concert.

Yesterday Morning the Foot and Horse Artillery
were reviewed on Woolwich Common by his Royal
Highness the PRINCE of WALES ; after which Gene-
ral Earl Mont A gave an elegant entertainment at
the Mess-house to his Royal Highness the PRINCE
of WALES, their Royal Highnesses, the DUKES of
YORljib CAMBRIDGE, SUSSEX, and nearly 200 Mili-
tary, and other Gentlemen. The uncommon fine
nets of the day attraated a vast concourse of spec-
tators, among whom were several persons of the first
distinaion and fashion.

Lady .LE DESPENCER ,received her frienils in
masqueo last, night, at her house in Hanover-
square. The house was, of course, embellished in
all the fashionable costume, and a very large CCM,
pany, among whom was the PRINCE of WALES,
kept up the spigit of revelry till very late in the
morning. • '

Yesterday the snn was visibly eclipsed : it began
at 36 minutes after four, and anded s minutes after
five, •.