The Sun.
London, England, 1804-06-30 00:00:00

IRISH AIFAIRS.

Mr. 'JAMES fITZGER.4.I,I) rose; and ob..
served, :that severaldocuments which he had moved.
for, respettling the Public Affairs of Ireland. had
not yet been laid before the House, and•consequenr-
Iy he would be precluded, by the very advanced
period of the Session, from submitting to the House
any observations which, upon a perusal of thdse.
dicuments, should appear necessary. He must,
therefore, postpone his objefts until an early period
in the next Session,; when, if they should not be
otherwise taken up in the interim, he should cer-
tainly call the attention of Parliament to them.—
The ohjecli to u Bich he alluded, he now
shortly eX;Aain.. The first was one in which he had
on a former cccasinn the honour' to cu-overate with
a Right Hon. Friend of his, now on the Treasury
Bench (Mr. I.orsit), and one which he held it of
higli importance to follow up, namely, to ascertain
the exalt extent of the Population of Ireland. The
next was a sOjeft long irt contemplation, namely,
that of eqtiaiizing the. Ititere,fr of Money between.
Great Britain and 'lreland. The next was a general
assitnil ition of the Laws in IrelasA to those of
Great Britain, as far as the circumstances of the
Country would-admit, Feeling the importance of
these kveralobjeds, he could certainly wish .them
taken up by those in whose hands they would be con.
dotted with so much greater:eibility, and be so much
-more likely to Succeed than
.in his, namtly,.His
!,.44:sty's MinisN-rso ilut if not taken u> by them
in an early peritd .uf nekt Session, he. should
Rt.' it his du'y to britz them forward, even under
es cry dis4ilifant.lge of his own inat?ility.

Mr. '06'1.A.12 tegietted tb4t the order Cif Par.
liarn,:ntary proceedings did not allow h'irri tomake
any. observations at yresent, its answer to what had
relten fft) the HL.. Cientittnan. 'ffis purpose in
rising 60w, was to move, in pursuan.r.i.o 04 notice
he hid giscrj, fi.r leave to bring in a l3ill or ,eer-
inittirig the Circulation of Votes, bar Registered•
s.takers in Ireland, for sums doder :Qs. for a time.
be limited, ancl tq restrain the .circulation of-
,/qure's' 4 persons no, .legis,tereti Bankers,
-,,tter. a .eer t •periud. The 1-11,usesliikrestrined,
would have ritsuble4inns to his eiplainining the ob-
kfts. Of the Leland, 'for a cou3iileraNe
tune 41.-313
.boefrt customary wi.th. many per..
sun; trAde tti the proviticial. coy, lis there,'ltir want
Diliter coinage, to issue what were called Silver
that is) ;Notes 'payable ;o bearer, On de..

mutt!, for rums
Fonder tine p.eutid. In a short time .1
after (I,e pract•ce cornmepeed, it became, very gene- .1
ral, and so fat:- fr,•rn 1):!ing confined to Registered
was erattisest by every lteW trader, and
by men of no propel ty, •guided by, no principle but -
that of their own a vai i.-e ; and so current di:i chose
Note: become, and to such an enormous exttit woe
they issued, that it was to be iiPPr?lietided, in case
-
of any sudden or general demand for payment, a
general-bankruptcy; must, ensue atrwrql.sr !hose men,
and those who had given their property for' such'
Notes, be losers of three-fourths. It-wasw well known
that a large supply of Dollars were 'loci on their
way to Ireland, which were to pass at a currency
above their intrinsic value. Still they would he not
only a very great convenience to the Country of
themselves, but be the- means, almost immediately
• on their appearance, to bring into circulation a vast
' quantity of good silver coin, which there was every
reason to believe was now hbarded in many parrs of
the Country. The cbjed of this Bill then was, to
confine henceforth the issue Of. Notes for sums under
:zos. to the Registered Bankers only, and to alloW all
other per Sons, having such Notes in circulation,
. time, till the Ist of Jan. to call them in ; but to pro-
hibit the re-issue of all notes so paid off. The re-
egisteted Bankers to be allowed to_ issue notes for as
small sums in silver as they thought fit, there being
no greet cause to apprehend any great excess in the
tj issue of notes under 59. as all were liable to one
stamp duty. By those means there would be time
• for the gradual payment 'of the outsrending notes of
persons not,registeted-Bankers in six months, with.
out risking the evils to be apprehended from a sud.
den deMand ; and the public would have in future
i the security of persons of known property and credit,
fur the solvency of such notes. He concluded by
moving for leave to bring in the Bill. •
A conversation of some length.occurred, in which
Sir GEORGE HILL, Colonel VFQEKER, Colonel
FtTiGRRALD, Mr. ALEtANDER, and Mr. R. MAR-
TIN opposed the principle, and leave was given for
the Bill.
Read a second time, the Irish Additional Force Bill.
Mr. ELLIOT rose to ask the Right Hon. Secre-
tary for Ireland a question respecting this Bill. An
ACt had, within the last few weeks, passed this
House, for enabling His Majesty to increase the Mi-
litia of Ireland by to,ooo men. Now the Ad simi-
lar to the present Bill, which kid just passed into
law for England and Scotland, had for its object to
reduce the Militia. What he wished to know then
was, whether it was the intention of Government to
suspend altogether the power given to His Ma-
jesty by the former Bill, as he could hardly suppose
an intention so absurd as that of carrying into (ye.
ration, at the same-time, two Bills diametrically op.
polite in their effeets.
Sir EvAN NEPEAN answered, that for the present
there certainly was no intention, of acting under the
former Bill. It was impossible, however, to fore.
see what necessity might arise for it.
Sir JANIEs STEWART wished to postpone the corn-
mittal of the Bill to elate day in the ensuing week,
as there had nut been time since the Bill was printed
to give it due tiOnsidtrations
Mr. ODEL thoUght there was pressing necessity
to expedite the Bill, ase many persons were at this
moment labouring under great-anxiety, as liable to
be drawn for the Army oteßctserve.
The 'Bill was committed ftir Monday.
IRISH CUSTOMS AND EXCISE BILL.
The House Having gone into a Committee on this
Bill, pursuant to the Order of the iy,
Mr. FOSTEk explained.4ome 'alterations which he
wished ,to make in the Bill.; the most material was •
in the Duties on Wine, which lee proposed to re-
duce, so that sixpence on a bottle would be a sofa.
cleat additional charge upon the Consome-r.
MC. JAMES FITZGERALD approved of the reduce.
1, titan of the intended leletits Duties upon Wines, but
he had hoped that the Right Hon. Gentleman would
liaise given some explanation of the reasons which
made it• necessary to •eisteed, so considerably, the
scale of Taxation for that Country. As he under-
stood it, Ireland was now charged with Eleven
- Millions and a Half annually, when het Revenue
was but Three Millions.
Mr. FOSTER said, the Revenue of Ireland was
not quite Three Millions, and the Interest of its
Debt was two Millions and a Half. The expenses
altegether were nine Millions, which was allowing
six Millions both for its quota to the' Expenses of
the Empire, and three tor its own separaee
expences ; it was because the Revenues of ,Ireland
were so notoriously inadequate to the expenses, that
lie thought it right to raise as large a SUM of Money
as he could, by 'lasses which should not 'be severely,
felt.
Mr. Reweetorter objeCted to 'the Duty on Tea,
and thought it would have a silted tendency to en-
courage Stnugglinee He thought, at least, that,
as a proposition for the Duty was not made until
after the India Sake had closed, and the Irish Agents
had made elicit. purchases,
,wholly iresprehensive of
such a Duty, that at least the Duty should not ope.
rate for a very considerable time. •
Mr. FOSTER answered, that the Duty would fall
on the Consumer, and not on the Tea-Dealer, and
that the Teaedealer would not wait for imposing the
inereesed price, until the duty should aatially come
into operation, but lay it on the Article the very ,
moment that the first account of the proposed Duty
reached him, He therefore wished to
.put the
money into the Public Treasury, and not
.into the
pocket of the-Teaolealer, which wools' be the case,
if the operation of the Duty was postponed to •a
slistant day.
Col. Hu icier esot; declared, that he had received
particular diteetions from many respettable persons:
cf the City lie represented (Cork), to state- to the
House, as forcibly as he could, the raid decline of
the l'reovisiOn Trade of Ireland,' and their fears that
arty additional Duty on Sale would ruin it he stated,
that to the poor 'Cottageres even a trifling 'Tax upon
an Article, of such absolute' itecessity as Salt, might.
be consitleTed as a st..yerp borthen.
14I'osiee.
,agreed. to alter that Clause, and to
allow the Winding and Warehousing of that Article,
as an encouragement to the Trade alluded to.
The House then resumed, and Mr. ALEXANDER
. brought op the Report, which was Ordered to .
strived to-morrow. . • -.- • •
The °the: Orders of the Day were then postponed, •
Adjuuseeds •

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stop so urjust Proceedings. . .

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THE SUN.

SOLEM gUIS DICERE FALSULt AubSAT

LONDON, JUNE 30, 0304.

IN the present unfortunate and distrafted state
of the Continent of Europe, it is not surprizing that
every Mail should bring over a variety of contra-
didory reports. At one time we are told, that the
great Powers, indignant at the insults they have
received, and anxious,
,while .they yet retain the
means, to provide for their future safety, are ne.
gotiating alliances, in order to curb the power
of France; and at another, that all intention of
.resistance is given up, and that for the present en-
joyment of a little precarious tranquillity, they ate
willing to surrender their honour and their inde-
pendence. Unfortunately, such is now the power
of France, that it is' necessary for Prussia, and
even for Austria, to temporize. It is impossi-
ble, however, to suppose that" they. can be so
blind to their own interests, or that they can.
have so far lost every sense of honourable feel-
ing,
as _that they should not eagerly lnok for the
moment when they may obtain redress for the
injuries, and reparation for the insults they hie
received from the Dirrtiories, the Consuls, and the
Emperors of Fiance. The conduft of Russia, as she
has not the same reason for disguising her senti-
meats, has been more open and *more decisive,
and we have strong reason to think that a very
Short time indeed will elapse, before the dif-
ferences between that Power and France will. be
brought to an issue. Private Letters have been
received fecal Pctersburgh, dated the 24th of May,
which state, that the French. Minister, 'General
HEDOUVI LL E, "was to take his departure that day,
leaving behind him only an inferior Agent, to trans.
aft the remaining business between the two Conn-.
tries ; or, as some people suppose, to aa-eventually.
as Agent for Prisoners. 'A very eonsiderable Rus-
sian Fleet has also been equipped. Though we do
'not consider these circumstances as proofs that,
hostilities will immediately commence' they ate
certainly very strong indications of the hostile dis-
position that exists between the two Towers,

The belief that the Invasion of this Cbuntry will
be speedily attempted, seems daily to rain grottnd ;
bur the bustle and preparation in the Enemy's Port;,
are nor infallible proofs that they mean to ventgre
out. Every hour ofsdelay, however, will increase
the difficulty of the ai tempt, for, as we hare already
stated, the Board of Admiralty are indefatigable in
their exertions to augment our Blockading Squadrons
with that description of Force which is the best
calculated to encounter their light Flotilla. It is
worthy of notice, that this change in our system
has not escaped the observation of the French, and
they rejoice extremely that it has taken place a
year too late.

Thursday evening, at six o'clock, Hts MAJESTY,
accompanied by the Princess AMELIA, took an air.
ing on horseback through Richmond ; HeR MA.
esTy and the PRINCESSES followed, in two open
carriages.
_ _ _ _

Yesterday morning the ROYAL FAMILY walked
in Kew Gardens.

Yesterday afternoon Mr. PITT had an audience of
His MAJESTY.

A Dublin Paper says, that the Revolutiorzaire
is preparing to convey His Royal Highness the
DUKE of CAMBRIDGE to Malta.

A Common Hall will be held at. Guiklhall, on
Monday next, fur the purpose of eleeting two She.
riff, for the City of London and County of Middle-
sex, in the LOOM Of THOMAS GRIFFITHS, Esq. (who
has paid the fine), and JAMES EPHRAIM LURE
NE A.LSON, Esq. who has been excused serving the.
office on account of hii being a Dissenter, whereby
he is disabled from qualifying himself to serve the
office of Sheriff; as he cannot receive the Sacrament
according to the rites of the Church of England.
This point was settled about forty years ago,
atter a long and serious dispute between the City
of London and the Dissenters, by a solemn opi-
nion given by the Judges, delegated on the occa-
sion, at Guildhall, vihich declared the Dissenters
to be exempt from serving the office of Sheriff.
The Commanders of some extra Ships have in.
fringed the order of the Court of Direetors of the
'E,ts India Company, by demanding more of Cadets
than the sum limited for their passage. A demand
of this kin 4 has lately suNetied one of the Captains
to 4199 !torn the service, in consequence of his
having relu4ea stibMission to a.pecuniary penalty.
- The 13atavian Government intecd to lay another
cal: Of 21 per cent. Qa laropertzt