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London, England, 1810-07-25 00:00:00

DUBLIN, .TULY--'21..

COMMON COUNCIL.

CaL'A ETFR• ATiSEMBLY I DAY, JULY QO.

Mr. SINNET began the busi,,ess of the -day by
moving—" That a c'otntnit ee be',appointed to take.
' into c. usideration the cenditiot -Of tior pobr Feilow-
CitizeiN, the Manufacturers of Dublin, and to .-de-;
vise th -hest rnethod.of atfo-rding them. relief." -
Nlt. GII.FARD seconded the motion ;—he consi.;
&red it as imperative on every niaii to exert' tiim
self in this exigence; •to alleviate the distresses .of
our poor. Fellow-Citizens; waVa".tibj66l ors
which • there could be no difference-Oropinion in
the State.l—all party feelings had I.)..eti absorbed by
the great feeling of humanity, and. every.' Mknber
of lie Privy Council had concurred in the gtacions
-and humane sentiments of his Grace the Lord Lieu-
tenant, and with hint had detertbined toaflOrd all
possible relief to the industrious and suffring poorl
let the Corporatiun of Dublin, in their hinuble sta
tion, follow the great and good example. There
Were various ways by which the interests of the Ma-
nufaaurer might be promoted ; but the most obvi-.
ous and the most speedy wa;, by buying up their
fabrics, and entering immediately, upon the use and
consumption of them. Some doubts existed, whet-
ther fine cloths could be had in sufficient tinaniity
for a. greatirnmediate command ; but why confine
ourselves to rine cloth ? 4et- coarse be fashionable,
and lethim be the greatest %beau who approached
nearest to frize. The assembly consisted of one
"hundred and fifty persons; this number, supposing
each to expend but 101. would produce an imme-
diate demand for t 5001. woith of manufacture.
But at least five thousand persons- would be found
in Dublin to lay out 101. each, and if so, that
w. uld be 50,0001. which was ,the price of a pa-
triot ; and surely all !he • professors of patrioti..m
from the creation dowo„had not done so much good
as 50,0001; go expended would do.
A Co,,•mittee was accordingly appointed; con-
listing of—
-

sir W Alexander.
A Merman liclWison.
Alderman Archer.
Alderman Cash.
Alderin.m Shaw.
Mr (:►tta►d.
Mr. Smnet.
Mr. Farrel.

Mr. M'Kenny.
Mr. idton.
Mr. Hutton.
Mr. P. 1-idlnilion.
Mr. Nl‘Cr.;aciy.
Mr. Read.

Whn,- having retired, came to three Resolutions,—
The first, highly approiiing the plan of subscription,
proposed by his Grace the Lord Lieutenant ;—the
SrCott,, to promote 'the use and consumption
manufactures;—and thte third, to appoint Cotiltliit-
tees to. go through thee several parishes, and receive
the sqoatures of such ,persons as were disposed to
I e low Abase humane and necessary rneasures.
CUye said it was the wtsb of ,Mr. Aldermen
Shaw-to be allowed. the privilege, of sitting in the
Corumons House during their proceedings, ,that,lie
might the better understand the sentiments and opi-
nions of his constituents. . . .
This wad ohjeaed to .lay Mr. Giffard and Mr:
Patterson,. as MemberS of the Lower were not al-
lowed. the same privilege to attetid the debates in the
Upper House.
Sheriff Rirribeees .from the Chair, Said that Mr.
Shaw, at a late dinner at which he presided, com-
plained that the 115 porters of debates in the Impe-
rial Parliament, almost nnifiseely omitted to ounce
• the speeches of any Irish J),(lember, arid that when
they did notice them, they were in general misrepre-
sented. •
Mr. GIrFARD Sail, it was better that the reports
of the debates -should, never have been pulilished
thou misrepresented. To a report of a spcch of
Mr. Shaw's, as given-in the nee spapers, he wished
• particularly to call the attention of the House, it
was. in •the case of 'Capt. Murphy, a Revenue Of-
ficer, who was represented as an intoxicated ruf-
fian, that had assaulted the servants of Mr. Haigh,
a distiller, and then fled from justice. Such an as-
sertion from such
.an aur herity,w trial was pend-
log-, had the most mischievous effect—and he was
convinced that if Mr. Shaw had been so tar imposed
upon as to make such a speech as that attributed to
him, he would be extremely sorry when he was
told that Captain. Murphy had been most desperate-
ly wounded by a ruffian, at Haigh's distillery, who
had since fled from justice; and that Captain Mur-
phy was a Geotiernae, as well born, as well de-
scended, as well educated, and as well conducted
through life, as Mr. Shaw, or any man who heard
him.
Mr. Hutton then brought fOrward. -his promis-
ed 'motion, and 'moved the following Resolutions,
viz.
• RESoLVED—That we nose. feel as we have an tin-
- shaken loyalty to our Sovereign, King George the
Third, and the succession of his IlOyal House; and
we have to lament that his Majesty should have been
so grossiy imposed on try his Ministers, as in termi-
nating the last Sessions of Palliament to state the
growing prosperity of Ireland, when his Ministers,
in making such representations to his Majesty, must
;lave known that the very reverse was and is the
tad.
RESOLVED—That the present distress are! growing
misfortunes of Ireland have arisen from not hav-
ing a resident Parliament, who alone would be.ca-
pable of knowing the real wants of this country,
and providing for it adequate remedies, and we are
the more fortified in this our opinion by the manner
in which the late monstrous system of taxation was
imposed on this country, and which is contrary to
. every sound principle of Legislation ; we therefore
appeal to our countrymen and fellow-citizens to
come forward in corporate bodies, and in county
and Grand Jury Meetings, to • &morel .a. restora-
tion of that Constitution which is our birth-right,
and of which we have been dispossessed by fraud
and corruption.

These Mr. Hutton introduced with a studied
speech, warmly affeclitig the passiuns of his.
hearers

Mr. GirrAm) replied. He observed that the
person who intends to attack has great advantage
over him who n.akes a. defence, inasmuch as he
Way take his measures at leisure, -and know what
he- intends doing before-hand; whereas, the de-
fence must arise upon the moment. It was, how-
ever, fortunate, that all which the Gentleman had