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able and tmjust constriction was pat upon the state.
ment of his Honourable Friend (Sir C. Poll ).
After a few words farther, between the CtlANcp,r..
Lou of the EXCHEQUER, Mr. WHITBREAD, and Sir c.
POLE, &c. the House resumed, and the Report w 3,
ordered to be received to-morrow, and the Comrr.;u:,.
to sit again on Wednesday.
On the motion of Sir M. FOLKES., a new ter„
was ordered to be issued for King's Lynn, in the r 00;,
Of Lord Walpole, now Earl of Orford, called to the
House of Lords.
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CORRUPTION IN THE DISPOSAL OP OPPICLS.
On the motion of Mr. BANKES the Strjeant was
called to the bar, and asked, if he had any report to
make to the House with respect to J. Ann Shee,
whom he had been ordered by that House to take into
custody ?
The S2rjeant stated, that the Messenger had calll
at his house several times, and could not find him.
The Messenger (Mr. Wright) was then called n,
and stated, that he had been in seatch of Mr. Shee
ever since the evening on which the House had (T.
tiered him to be taken into custody. He went en din
evening, about a quarter before seven o'clock,
being told that he might soon be expected home,
wilted till near twelve o'clock expecting his return._
Me called next morning, and was informed that he
had not come home. He again went on the Wed.
nesdaY and Thursday, but without success. He then
went to other apartments which were del,cribed tc
him as belonging to Mr. Shee, where, he was infor-
med, he carried on the business of an army agent, ur.
der the name of Calvert, but was equally unsucce:,sfil
Mr. BANKES then moved, that it appears to thic
House, that J. Anthony Slice had absconded, in or-
der to avoid being served with the order of that Hoii,e.
He then moved, that an humble Address be pie.
sented to his Majesty, praying that lie would he
pleased to give orders for the issuing of a procl
tion, with such rewards as his Majesty might
proper, for the discovering, apprehending and detaia-
ing the said J. Anthony Shee, otherwise Calve: t.—
Ordered.

• CORN DISTILLERY PROHIBITION BILL.
Sir J. NEWPORT, in allusion to what had fallen
from Mr. Foster on a former night, declared his con-
viction, that the Irish people, far from burning with
a disposition to resist the laws, were well disposed to
respect them, if Government would apply themselves
to the correction of what was improper in the admi-
nistration of those laws. If the Right Honourable
Gentlemen were desirous to confer a benefit ca
Ireland, he assured them they would do infinitclj
more to tranquillize the people by comprehending
Ireland under this act than by all the Penal Laws on
their Statute Book. TLe .Right Hon. Gentleman
(Mr. Foster) had on this oceasion furnished him Wth
argument against himself. He had proposed consi.
derable augmentations to the different charities in
Ireland, on account of the encreased rate of provi-
sions in the year 1809 more than in the year 1808.
And with the same breath he proceeds to allow the
distillery from corn in Ireland, as if corn in that
country instead of rising had fallen in price clurin:..;
the latter year. He concluded by moving that die
Report be recommitted for the purpose of introducing
a clause extending the prohibition to Ireland.
Mr. FULLER was ashamed of Ministers, for the
way in which they had treated this question. Of Ail
weak questions which had been agitated in t!is
House, the present, he thought, wat the weakest. If
they could not check illicit distillery in Ireland, were
they therefore to allow it to go on at full swing ? On
the same principle should they allow smuggling tit).
take its course it, this country. He was really ashamed
of This seemed to be a question as to
which of the two Chancellors of the Exchequer wore
the breeches. They were wrong in letting out such
private quarrels, which, would be better concealed.
He -did not wish to say any ill of the Irish, but he he.
lieved they only wanted catching and taming. By
allowing them to carry on illegal Distillery, you only
made them ten times worse. He adv scd tire Chan•
cellor of the Exchequer of England not to yield
much to the Irish Chancellor • else he would find
him like an amiable female they had seen in that
House, Mrs. Clarke—the more was conceded to him,
he would look for so couch the mole.
Sir T. TURTON also supported the motion. If
there was so much corn in Ireland that they required
to revive the Distilleries to consume it, rather let us
have it in this country, where the wheat was at five
guineas a quarter, and the quartern loaf at I!.`_l.
Mr: HIBBERT was of the same opinion. lde con•
sidered the present as a most inconsistent and futile
Act, made up of positive and negative qualities, pies
and minus, minus and ides, so as just to amount to
nothing.
Sir R. PEELE could not give a silent vote on such
an occasion. The Northern parts of this country were
greatly cramped by the dearness of provisions. They
were consented with Oats ; they were satisfied with
the coarsest food. But if they saw what would relieve
their wants applied not to the preservation but to the
destruction of men, they would not be so easily satis•

fled.
Sir A. WELLESLEY maintained, that there was
at present as much consained in the private an,i illegal
distillation, as would.be both by the public and private
distillation wl,:m the former should be le3.alized.
Mr. CURWEN said, when he saw tne prices of
grain so high, he could not. doubtthat people must
have had in contempiation the renewal of the Distil.
Day. He knew there were people at this moment
who would be glad to purchase thousands of bushels
of oats, if they could get them.
Mr. PARNELL shewed the present to be a direct
and manifest infringement of the Act of Union.
Mr. FOSTER said, the Right Honourable Ba•
ronet (Sir J. Newport) had represented him as sta.
ting that the whole Irish nation was inclined to mist
the laws. He had not said so. He had confined
his observation to the lower classes, while the Right
Honourable Baronet, by extending the observa•
Lion to the higher classes, included the whole. As to
'the Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Fuller) were he to
gravel through Ireland, even with the speech he bad
that night made, tied round his neck, he (Mr. Foster)
would venture to say, that he could no where exPeri•
ence greater hospitality. , He proceeded to shew, that
the prices of grain were such as rendered this measure
advisable.
Mr. PARNELL and Mr. CurtwENT explained,
Mr. BROWN begged leave only to mention one
mportant fact. Some Gentlemen had said, that
prohibition were extended to Ireland, we would