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had been established near the cola tion would follow from the profes. lege, which had the benefit of the sors of the two religions being assoprofessors of the college. The ca. ciated in their education. Had the tholics Irad not been allowed to enter public money of that time been exthe university of Dublin, till the re. pended in enlargiog the university of laxation in 1793, immediately after Dublin, instead of adopting the powhich the institution at Maynooth' licy of a separate institution, a great had been founded. Mr. Grattan object would have been obtained, said, that the question lay within a the benefits arising from which would narrow compass : whether the Ro. have every day increased. The in. man.catholic was to go abroad, to tetests of the protestant university form foreign connections, involve were 'sacrificed to the advancement himself in foreign relations, and of the catholic seminary. Within a bring home foreign affections to his few years the professors of the latter country; or whether he was to re. institution were doubled; there bemain in his native land, and there ing, instead of the nine original pro. acquire the instruction he was there fessors, now eighteen. In the uni. to disseminate ?-Keep the Roman. versity of Dublin, provision was made catholic at home, said Mr. G. Home for only 100 persons, including the education will promote allegiance. fellows, senior and junior scholars, Kept at home, and taught to love his and sizers ; whilst the public were country, he must revere its govern. called on to defray the expences of ment ; foreign education

200 Roman-catholic professors and gender no great loyalty.- Mr. Banks students in the college of Maynooth, thought the institution highly im. a class of subjects who, in their repolitic, and that catholicism in Ire. ligious tenets, withheld from their land should not be upheld, but dise lawful sovereign the admission of couraged.-Lord Stanley highly ap. his supremacy. -As to the place of proved the principle of the institu. education, whether abroad or at tion.

home, it did not seem to Mr. P. a The resolutions were agreed to, and matter of much consequence. The reported March 4th ; when the con. true and strong source of danger Tersation approach.ing to the style of and hostility lay in the principles in a debate, was resumed on the grant which the Roman-catholics were

of 50001. in addition to the 80001. educated. There seemed to Mr. P. formerly granted to the Roman.ca.

a great mystery about the Maynooth tholic college at Maynooth.

institution. There was nothing like Mr. Perceval said, that in perusing a visitorial inspection, no inquiry the journals of the Irish house of as to the doctrine instilled, and discommons, at the period when the cipline exercised over a number of measure of founding the Maynooth youth educated, if not in aversion, college was submitted to the Irish at least in opposition and hostility to parliament, the catholics themselves the principles of the protestant presented a petition against the in. establishment. expediency of excluding the pro- Sir John Newport did not admit, testants from the option of being that either the existence or the ens educated there ; being sensible, no largement of the college of Maynooth doubt, that friendship and concilia. was prejudicial to the interests of the

university university of Dublin. The increase be educatrd in the principles of their of catholics at the’university of Duh. religion, it was little matter whelin had been progressive, and at this ther they received that education in moment their number was twice as Ireland or in France. The jealousy great as it had ever been before. But hitherto entertained of catholicism, it was not in the university of Dublin was founded, not on the mere doconly, that the number of catholir trine, but on its foreign connections, students had increased. Great num. its foreign relations, its forcign views. bers of the higher orders of that hody But, now, the ohjection was changed. were to be found in the universities of No danger was apprehended of those England, and those of Glasgow and foreign relations and foreign views. Edinburgh. The enlargement of the The Roman-catholic might go abroad. university of Dublin would be to no But, if kept at home, if educated purpose. Persons whose intention it in the bosom of his country, he was to instruct their flocks in certain would be dangerous. Was this the articles of faith, and in the otser. doctrine? If so, in order to be rez vance of certain religious ceremonies, futed, it needed only to be repeated. would never be induced or forced to And, if it was not, if foreign con. embrace a system of education foreign nections and views were dangerous, from those intentions. The Roman. why promote those views, and catholics being in a great degree cut strengthen those connections, by off from foreign education; to restrict exiling the Roman-catholic for the them to the university of Dublin, purpose of educating him,—not at would be to restrict them to a state the expence and under the protection of ignorance. As to what had fallen of his majesty's government, but as from Mr. P. about the college of a pensioner on the bounty of the Maynooth being independent of all emperor of France ? visitorial inspection and power, the Lord Mahon observed, that the learned gentleman would find it disa influence of the catholic priests in tinctly specified hy the statute, that Ireland had been too strongly ex. the lord chancellor and judges of the emplified by the events of the re. country shall be visitors of the mo. bellion. He therefore considered it rals and conduct of the seminary, as as an inestimable benefit, to have the connected with civil policy; wisely ab- care of their education committed to staining from all interference either in the government of the country. their religious doctrine or discipline. Mr. Wilberforce confessed that

Mr. Banks ohjected to the addi. he was not one of those men who tional grant now moved for, as it 'entertained the enlarged and liberal would double the number of students views on religious subjects, insisted for the catholic priesthood in Ireland, on with so much energy by Mr. and consequently make the €.5000. Grattan. He was not so much like annual. A regular supply for the a certain ruler' (Buonaparte), of catholic priesthood, like many other whom it had been very, happily said, objects, might be accomplished by that he was an honorary member of private contributions.

all religions. He could not help sayMr Grattan was surprised to ing, that in his opinion, the institution bear from Mr. Perceval, that if the at Maynooth would cramp the Roman-catholics of Ireland were to growth of protestantism in Ireland.

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It would be cruel and criminal to for their education in Lisbon, to go oppress or restrain the catholic relie to his college. He had offered them gior. But it was no oppression not not only education, but every temp to favour it to the detriment of the tation that he thought likely to with protestant establishment.

draw them from their king and Lord Howick observed, that as country. On a representation of the the principle of the institution had matter to the catholic bishops in Irebeen acquiesced in ever since 1795, land, they treated it as it deserved, it was strange that the present grant and denounced exclusion from the should be resisted. For, as the faith against any who might be weak house had acknowledged the princi. enough to fall into the snare laid ple, it followed that they could not for their allegiance. This threat had refuse such additional grants as times the desired effect. But we should and circumstances might render ne. not in future leave any description cessary. This was an argument in of his majesty's subjects exposed to favour of the grant, from their own the temptations of the enemy. Lord concession. But, in support of the Howick expressed, in the strongest argument, he could instance a fact, terms, an intention of making up, as which, he was confident, would es. far as lay in his power, for the time tablish the necessity of encouraging which had been mispent with respect home education for the catholic to Ireland. And with respect to priesthood of the land. He was the grant to the catholic college of sorry he had not the document Maynooth, if circumstances made it about him, but the fact was, that necessary to have the grant made lon. doctor Walsh, a priest of talents, ger, he should most cordially support who was appointed head of the it. Of course he gave his full assent to college established in Paris for the the resolution now proposed. - This education of catholic priests, had resolution and the others were then used all means in his power to induce severally moved and carried. such of the Irish catholics && went

CHAP

CHA P. VI.

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Finances of the Country. - Supplies.-Ways and Means.- Plan of

Finance, with its object, proposed by Lord Henry Petty.--Eleven Resolutions relating to his Plan laid on the Table for the consider. ation of the House of Commons.-Objections to the Plan by Mr. Johnstone,- and by Lord Castlereagh.-Resolutions relating to a Plan of Finance, submitted to the House by Lord Castlereagh, in place of that of Lord H. P.-Objections to Lord H. P.'s Plan by Mr. Long. -Lord H. P.'s Plan defended by Mr. Tier. ney,—and by Lord H. P. himself.-Farther Reasoning against Lord H. P.'s Plan by Lord Castlereagh.- Fundumental Error in Lord C.?s Plan of Finance pointed out by Mr. Giles.-Lord H. P.'s Plan defended by Mr. Davie Giddy.-Resolutions on Lord H. P.'s Plan reported and agreed to.- Plan of Finance by Sir James Pulteney.-- Lord P.'s Plan defended, and Lord C.'s attacked by Mr. H. Thornton.-Ways and Means.- Progress of the Commission of Military Inquiry.- Abuses in the Barrack Department.-Fraudu. lent Dealings of Mr. Alexander Davison.-Proceedings of the Treasury with regard to Davison.-Motion by Mr. Robson for the Appnoitment of a Committee of Inquiry into useless Places, and sinecure Offices.-Slightly amended by Lord H. Petty, and agreed to.-Reflections on the Proceedings in Parliament relating to Finance.- On the Nature of Money, and its great and still increas. ing Influx.Bad Effects of this.-Observations on the Funding System.-And on the Sinking Fund for paying off the National Debt.

'HE estimates for the service of acts relating to the redemption of

approved, it became the next and acts for granting to his majesty cer. most important duty of the house,oftain duties for a limited time, after commons, to devise in what manner the ratification of a definitive treaty the free revenue of the country of peace, be referred to the commight be rendered sufficient for de. mittee. The house having resolved fraying so enormous expences.

itself into the said committee, Mr. Thursday, January 29, in the Hobhouse in the chair; house of commons, lord Henry Lord Heary Petty, after a proc. Petty moved the order of the day, mium relating to the arduous nature for the house to resolve itself into a of the task he had to perform, and committee of the whole house, to requesting the patient and unwearied take into consideration the finances attention of the house, proceeded of the country; also, that the several to state as the foundation of what

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he should have afterwards to submit Lord H. Petty having thus fully sta. to the house, the supplies, and ways ted the supplies, and ways and means and means for the present year, as for the year, said, that in ordinary far as they could then be estimated. times, he might be justified in confi. Nearly the whole of the supplies had ning his views to the exigencies of the already been voted by the house, moment; that he might here close his

. ; He came now to state the supplies statement, dismissing the su!ject for wanted : the total amount of which, the present year, and relieving him. for Great Britain and Ireland, as self from the necessity of trespassing a joint charge, was 43,811,3401. farther on the patience of the house. 11s. 8d.

But in the present crisis of the his. Of this aggregate sum, the portion tory of the world, it was their duty, to be furnished by Great Britain, if they could, to anticipate the dan. was 40,527,065l. 11s. 8d; that to he gers it contained, and to provide defrayed by Ireland, £.5,314,275.* against those evils which it threatened.

After an enumeration of the va. First of all, it became their duty to rious articles of ways and means, make such arrangements as should he stated, that in addition to the enable us, if the war should be proseveral sums for which thosè pro. tracted, to maintain the dreadful vided, there remained to be raised conflict, with the firmness we had

loan £.12,200,000. The whole hitherto shewn in its support, and, : the means were then to be stated if possible, with increased energy hus:--

and exertion. It was of great im.

portance to consider of what appli. , tobacco, &c. Surplus of consoli.

admit, and, if possible, to combine dated fund,

with a provision for the vigorous War taxes,..

19,800,000 support of the contest in which we Lottery,

450,000 are engaged, some relief from the Exchequer bills on

prospect of increasing burthens. vote of credit,

This was the object of the plan of Loan,

12,200,000 finance he had to propose. Hle pro-,

ceeded to state the plan of necessity, TOTAL, £41,100,000 at very great length, in detail, to. It should be observed, that the total gether with the arguments on which of the supplies being 40,527,0651. it was founded. The spirit or first 11s. 8d. while that of the ways principle of the plan, appears to and means was £.41,100,000, there have been to render the operation of would remain an excess of 572,9341. the sinking fund more equal in its 88. 4d. an excess which it might be progress; to increase its present desirable to provide, with an eye to powers, and to diffuse over a great those circumstances in the state of number of years those extensive the world, which might occasion an effects, which would, according to unavoidable fluctuation in that part the present system, be confined to of our revenue which arose from the the latest period of its operation ; trade and commerce of the country. and to keep up the price of stocks

Duty on malt. poen: } £2,750,000 cation our resources in future would

:}3,500,000

a} 2,400,000

* For a detailed account of the supplies, see Appendix to the Chronicle.

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