Star.
London, England, 1812-04-10 00:00:00

IRISH PINAR=

Sir I, NEWPORT, for the t-easons;hich he stated
on giving his notice, rose to move the addition of six
Members to the Committee op Irish Finance. The
first name was Mr. Shaw, of Dublin.
After some conversation, however, between Mr.
W. POLE, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, and
Sir J. NEWPORT, the Hon. Baronet withdrew his mo-
tion, but at tl-e same time expressed his hope that
the House would allow him to abstract himself from
a Committee, from which, constituted as it then was,
he was persuaded the public would be deluded if
they expected any beneficial results.
Mr. W. POLE trusted that the Honourable Baro-
net would reconsider his determination on this sub-
ject, as he should regret extremely that the Com•
mittee should sustain so severe a loss as would be oc-
casioned by the secession of a Member, whose talent
and whose general knowledge of Ireland rendered
him a most valuable acquisktion to any body of men
to whom the consideration of the affairs of that coun-
try were entrusted.

On the motion of Mr. W. POLE, Lord Castle.
reagh was added to the Committee.

EXPORTATION OF IRISHSPIRITS.
The resolution for prohibiting the exportation of
Irish spirits to foreign countries having been brought
up, Sir JOHN NEWPORT intreated the Right Ho-
nourable Gentleman (Mr. Pole) to consider seriously
the distresses of Ireland, and the great apprehension
of scarcity, and not from the mere idea of consistency,
to stop short of that remedy which might be suffici.
ent to meet the evil,—namely, the prohibition of dia.'
tillation from grain. The Right Hcr ;urable Gen-
tleman took upon himself a very great responsibility
in proposing nothing more than such a measure as
this to meet so general and well-founded an alarm.
Mr. POLE said, that he was fully sensible of the
responsibility which he incurred. If the Honourable
Baronet cast his eyes upon the publications which
were daily issuing from the Irish press, he must sup-
pose that he had not the heart of a man if be could
be insensible to the responsibility which he incurred.
He saw in most of the Irish Newspapers, a d.sposi-
tion very much to aggravate and exaggerate the ac.
tual calamity, and a disposition no less strongly mark.
led to v;sit the whole of k on his head. Not shrink-
ing, then, from the responsibility to which he made
ihimself liable, he should at present only propose the
I present measure; but if he perceived that the evil in-
creased, and that it was necessary to stop the distil-
lation altogether, he should not then shrink from the
responsibility of proposing what it would in that case
appear his duty to propose.
St. JOHN NEWPORT said, that the informa-
tion
to which he alluded had not reached him through
the Irish newspapers, but from private letters from
all parts of the country, and . font persons of the
greatest respectability, many or whom were friends
to the Right Hon. Gentlemen, and thought most
highly of them. 1 ,•. .
Mr. POLE said, that he knew the letters which
had arrived by the last post, stated a very great rise'
in the prices of the markets in Ireland.
i This Resolution, as well as the Resolution for im-
posing an additional duty of 't.s. 6d. per gallon on
spirits distilled in Ireland, weir agreed tn, and leave
given to bring in the Bills.
1 • The Bills were then brought in, and read a first
time:—Ordered to be ;cad a second time tomorrow.
.Adjourned.