The Sun.
London, England, 1802-04-28 00:00:00

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1 manufat tu re of that Country SCMlett 1.'..,er,Y -- ... ,
' that article manufactured in Great Britain' 01„
lamented that .the Right Hon. Gentleman who h;'°'
framed the Union, had not been able to render that
measure so Complete as he wished, in Consequence
could
uclidrc
not
control.
aonnctersol. which
Ireland that Right
possessed,Hon.
present advantages which this Country did not, al 0,.,
'• heethouglir there was a -sufficient reason why the'.
burdens of this Country should also be burdens on
that. A considerable injury might otherwise arise'',
and Ireland, having the advantages which Sr'he os-,
He --wonlo.
sessed„ had no right to. complain.
venture to-sity,' 'that toool. employed in Ireland aft
tic Export Trade,. would produce greater return!
than the same sum e:nployed in the same 'ma)! ill
hoGiweengtiere72a¢:
this Country. He was much mistaken 'if the pre'
' sent measure did .not trench upon the A& of lin°
(he then desired the 6th Article of- the Liniont°l::
read, which was.. read -by the Clerk)—he did 11--
deny that it might have been an object to better the
condition of Ireland, but it certainly never could
have been in contemplation to place England in
worse situation than it was before. There Were',
reasons why the Coilvoy-Duty should not extend t°
Ireland at the time it was imposed, as that Country
was then labouring under domestic troubles, and
incapable-, of commercial exertion ; but he trusted:
the House would maturely relied before they,
sanctioned the present measure lb the manner irs
which it had been proposed. -
Mr. CO,R.RY. said, he would forbeaernakingsan-rt
observations on the policy of the. • "faots:r-olci
respeded Great Britain : he would only
that the trade of this Country having flourished could
increased under the operation Of this Tax, he °a o
not conceive there was any ground of appreliensiLifol
in 'thepresent instance, that it would now sus he
- by its continuation. - With regard- to Ireland,
~,
. wished to say, a few words with respec to iv,obet.
was called the Colony Compaft.-- By that,i4,',,e
Great Britain had granted to Ireland the p6/.'s. •
of trading to her Colonies under certain conditi°rtnu'i
Which Ireland accepted under.these Conditions, but
whatever that 'COnipaa was, he contended thatby
rWelilgiCnitlieth, ejundion of the Sot of
was completely merged. in, the Aft of union' e-..
eorte' t hey atwo a c°illCountries.it'et The Padia.irile- th6'
Ireland_ then . became completely united - w'ril co,
Parliament of this Country, and ente.rect.iol° a so,
enjoyment, and became jointly possessed of t`lei•ti,
vereignty,of these Colonies.' TheYliire there a°.
no longer bound by the Compaft winch' the ,r
~,,
parties had entered into, as those two parties °he-
ing become one, their rights were-necessarily' t.
c• 1
same ;- and he trusted -that it was.impossible to goia
any interpretation to the Aa of Union,.'that wnt',,
not admit the rights of Ireland to trade to the 1?
to
tish Colonies. The Hon. Baronet had referred is
an Artiele of the Union relative to the equall'igi a
ofboth partiei :
.ihe opinions, ' and. the charaaekce,
that Hon. Baronet, were 'entitled to very 141'p, i
sped, but the Articles referred to by the 11". tile
ronet..related.wholly to the rights of tra„de;ilicre
m present easeire-i.vns .. a • subjeft :of taxation, w`.cie
was totally and entirely different. Let` the I.llp,
of- the Union, respecting Taxation-, he reTert-e 5 to,
Whii was the import of that Article ? Ir'r'anur....
be lamented that the Union between the tw" 'fat..
tries could not he entirely completed ; but it_.,l,iiica
tunately happened that
:their Exchequers re"''hosc
distind,- and 'of course the foutidatiOns of Erie-
Exchequers, the taxation, of the two C° the
tbc
The Felon: Baronet could not find anV Article '1,16041
Aft of Union that implied an equality . of 1•3.‘,/" 014
. between the two Countries ;:'and he Lfziitki aili,jhiCh
tcrproduce any part of the :Ad. of Union ll -"re to
it could be sheWn that the Taxes of Ireland we joi
be.. equal to those. of England. He was of Oi'inias,
therefore, that 'thewHon: Baronet' was cotireriti„o •
takn in endeavouring *to Make the...ACt c'. 1; of
serve the purpose of proving - that the taxatl°Great 1
Ireland ought necessarily to equal that of but:,
Britain. Ireland was neither able to beor ti'eto'da
dens of this Country, nor was she called uPpnieci'de,
it. if was for the judgment of the I-louSe tO ' teat
in what manner Taxes should be imposedli'l)' ite.'
it: was necessary. to, extend the present: lu"''''t /le
wholly he holly denied; that .it. wasivil'erdiTe;laoa
in could not allow. The circustahces.- (71 '''
!lei'
would not 'justify its extension'to thltt countrytwer6
ther did they Call for it; on the
contra' • .yLiu'r rip oft
d
strong reasons why it should not be: impose t large
Ireland. It was not then, the time to curet ",. it leo'
into the trade-of Ireland, but in the course 0.:
0, that
days he Should have an ,opporttmit Yof discuss' '1- the,
subject, when' he would occupy, the .60'e-c.e. was ,
1 House by some observations 'upon it. Thuelionct,
one circumstance -mentioned by the Hon. ',"` Cot'
to which he 'wished to allude, relative to t.'ci the
f Oil a
.ti ton Trade. He had drawn Soill2 bei, ibier
lilt '' '
pipers' on the Table with resped to t, , wool ail-
,. from which it- appeared thao.the Cotton ' veoge.,
nually .irnported into 'lreland was of the,,acottc4 ,
value of 1.1 7,0001. while the value of 1-1 ' 491°
WOol imported:into Giseat Britain was 2,391 j witl;
The value of the manufaCtured Cotton,. mite 1, aria
' some linen exported-from. Ireland was 12:135 Gre
of the manui'adured Cotton exported ".°I hie °-
Britain,
• elf. T. - j
1495061. 'was exported to Ireland 1° ~ COlfil
4, 7 'S,OOOI. of which' to the va Thos
then stood Ireland in Competition with th' ,o3IIY
exported to Ireland itself a part of its Inan.aretatije
try... It appeared that Great Britain. hadirf7eturel
cot ton, not withstanding all that had been salcc of Ire'
to the. competition of the• Cotton Mant66t,"thelef°re',
land with that of this Country.
that fulthet apprehension on this head, on c such ar
the Han.-ail rent, would cease ;. at any at •ts eNre,
1301 in 1 51- ,
preliensiobs could not apply to the 1 to 't ~
P Y
rimental stage, however they might g- was ver;
milar measure at a future period. e, he 1.00;.
glad to hear froth the Hon. Baronet, and
.ed in era°, c
loye - the
ed it with pleasure, that 10061. cruP
recur
than He
in .Ireland would produce He trusteo,the
port 01
greater ret-liere: -,.)., . .
; i° "eaits same stun employed in the same triwr e_rbok iiiP
Pro-
s
hoped_ it would induce capitalists -
in n fie
IVlanuladures of Ireland, by vvh-cl'- sea.
d be leaexcept
sperity and its resources- Avoid 'eft i be
Man°
had nothing more to urge upon the 5° Jigture, 31,
that with respcd to the Linen Put urn" b,
~ thought. the two countries might bc .culture., ,
I to AO . covitn
Fcra,l fooling. , To that ant. ~_ aoptie
trusted the capital of Ireland would 1.1 r
increased excision and drat.. A