The Sun.
London, England, 1802-04-12 00:00:00

Mr. V.4NSITTART iao; there was no neces-
sity for time for the Hon. Meinber to understand
this Bill. There was no alteration in the mode of
collelion, or otherwise, except that the Commis-
sioners would have a greater power than under the
former Bill. He could shew the Hon. Gentleman
an Abstract of the Bill, which lie might understand
thoroughly in a few minutes. Besides, there would
be an opportunity of discussing the Bill on the third
reading. .

Mr, WIGLEY thanked the Hon. Gentleman for
proposing this method -of informing him, but to
proceed in the House 'of Commons in any way far
the personal accommodation of an individual Mem-
ber, he apprehended to be irregular. The informa-
tion ought to be given to the House. •
Mr. BRAGGJ said, that as no Hon. Member,
but the one who had just spoken, had desired the
information, it -was fair to infer, that no other
wanted it, and therefore the offer to give it, was
fair and candid, and far from being unparliamentary.
Mr. ROBSON thought the power given to the
Commissioners under this Bill, to excuse any class
of people from its .operation, was an objection to
the Bill, instead of a reason in support of it. 'He
contended, that he was doing no more than his duty
in opposing this Bill, and in speaking on the busi-
ness of toublin, or. of all Ireland, for he considered
himself as much a Member for Ireland, as England.
As to the Parish of St, Mary-le,bone, he did not
understand the Learned Member ; the faCi was,
that he was very little acquainted with thafParish.
The Amendments were then agreed to.

The SPEAKER said, that in consequence of the
representation which was made by an Hon. Mem.
her, that the Bill in question had not been on the
Table when he came to look for it, he caused an in-
quiry to be made how that came to happen, and he
found the fad to be, that the' Bill had been carried
to the Office of the Committee Clerk, where, it was
perfedly notorious, any Membet might have had
access to tt at his pleasure. On the question for the
Ingrossment of the Bill, Strangers were ordered to
withdraw, under a supposition that: the House was
going to divide, but no division took place.
When we returned into the Gallery, the. Report
of the Convoy Duty Bill was under consideration.
General GASCOYNE was about to ask for some in-
formation, when Strangers were commanded to with-
draw, nor was there any further admission..

[We were under the necessity, from the press of temporary
Platter, on Saturday, to omit Nome of Lord D E BLAe-
QUIER interestins obs:rvations, in answer to Mr. Ros-
so rl,-which we are now enabled to present to our Readers.]
Lord dY BLACQUIERR apologized to the Com-
mittee for addressing them at such a late hour, bu,t as
some observations which had fallen from the Hon.
Gentleman rendered it necessary, be should rather,
trespass upon their patience. Those observations
he did not feel as applicable to himself, otherwise,
had language so gross as the Hon. Member had
used, been capable 'of being applied to him, lie
would not have troubled him or the House with ob-
servations in that place ; but he felt it a justice
due to a set of meritorious, men, to vindicate them
from charges so devoid of all foundation. His Lord-
shi p begged the House to consider him as not speaking
for the conviaion of that Hon. Member, who seemed
to delight in plunging deeper and deeper in error
and 'misunderstanding; but as Slander flies swifttr
than Fame, and as the Hon. Member's character for
common sense, and political knowledge, could not
be, or was. not likely to be, 'so justly appreciated
at a distance, as it was by those Gentlemen whose
good fortune, or misfortune, , it. was to be forced to
listen to the -melancholy monotony of the Hon.
Member, those who were tied to the stake; and
he must repeat, forced to listen to chat melancholy
monotony, with which the Hon. Member night
after night attacked and bemoaned the errors and
miscondua of Administration. His Lordship then
entered into a detailed, able, and successful vindica-
tion of the establishment in question, from the un-
founded aspersions suggested by those from whom
the Hon. Gentleman had his information: He gave
an account of the Corporation, from its first esta.
blishment. He observed, that, the Hon. Gentleman's ,
assertion, that the Directors had Salaries, Sec. was
erroneous-I,6th respea to himself, as first Di-
reaor, he had the advantage of a ,house, but had
neither coals or candles, as was asserted. The Di-
rectors had the appointment of the Commissioners,
who received a moderate salary for their trouble and
attendance, but even this was conditional. The
Officers of the Corporation were most sedulous in
the performance of their duties, particularly in the
removal of nuisances, and the.preservation of the
• nocturnal peace ;--.-from as to 3ot persons were fre-
quently committed by them to Bridei.vell in one
day, and among Other instances, the excesses of
some of the best blood in England—nay, of Peers
• of the Realm, were restrained, and fines were levied,
which were expended to improve different parts of
the City:--and among other important services,
which he said it had rendered to the metropolis of
• Ireland, he enumerated that by its means forty.
seven fountains were ereEted for the use of the Poor
in different parts of the city ; that a bridge of one
arch was built over the Liffey, more grand, beau,
tiful, and extensive, than any thing of the kind in
His Majesty's Dominions; that when the Corpora-
tion was instituted, there were only 4800 lamps in
the whole city, and in little more than a month,.
they increased their number to near 7800. A great
deal of this was effefted merely by the savings made
by the Corporatiiin. 'That it had relinquished the
Coach-Tax for the public accommodation, which,
instead of the money now granted, to. or iboool.
a-year, aanallY produced now .4.3,7601. by which
the Consolidated Fund way benefited more than
aB,OOOl. He believed, he said, that the Hon. Gen-
tleman crew his information arid grounds of charge
from a Pamphlet *which had been prosecuted as a
libel, and The Author for averring what or Hon.
Gentleman just declared in his, place, Was, perhaps,
at that moment standing in the pillory ; (A laugh)
and he deeply regretted; that such language slionld
be held, as he had heard on This subject, by any
Gentleman of this Country, and he begged Gentle_
men to recollea, tha't when a 'charge of 1;600,000l.
was voted on the Consolidated Fund, for Bounties
on the Importation of •Corn, not. one Irish „Mem-
ber objected to the charge, but they were happy