gio]!) ANNUAL REGISTER, 1790. 
felves have not hefitated to con- 
demn, even while they encreafed 
them. ' 
» §thly, That as we fhall ever be 
ready to check licentioufnefs in what- 
eyer quarter it may make its appear- 
ance, fo fhall we more efpecially be 
ardent in our endeavours to check 
the licentioufnefs of minifters in the 
application of the national treafure ; 
an offence, which, in its effect, is 
not of fhort duration, but entails 
upon us permanent and prodigal an- 
nual charges with all their attendant 
bancful inflnence, and_ ultimately 
tends to bring about a diffolution of 
public virtue as well as of conftitu- 
tional freedom, ‘fetting up in the 
place of both, maxims of govern- 
ment falfe: and frivolous, infolent 
‘and diffolute; and we cannot avoid 
exprefling our opinion that the pre- 
fent minifters of the crown, havin 
fhewn themfelves particularly indig, 
nant'at the idea of popular exceffes, 
are, when they commit minilterial 
excefles, expofed to more than ordi- 
nary obfervation and animadverfion. 
» 6thly, That the attempts to ex- 
tend venal influence beyond the li- 
mits and decency of former times, 
have -been accompanied -with © at- 
tempts» to' advance principles and 
do&trines inconfiftent with the te- 
nour of the conftitation.-* —- 
~ From all thefe reafons, we fhould 
hold -ourfelves inexcufeable to our 
country, to our kiag, and to our own 
honour, if; under the conviction we 
now feel, the alarms we now. enter- 
tain, we thould not feize the earlieft 
opportunity of laying at the feet of 
our mo gracious fovereign, fuch 
information as. it is. our-bounden 
duty to afford him, and of expref- 
fing our humble determination,a de- 
termination which cannot fail of be- 
ing approved by the benignant fa- 
ther et his people,.to purfue fuch 
; 
“ 
loyal and conftitutional fteps as may 
relieve our country from the griev- 
ances which have been lately inflict- | 
ed on her, and from the danger of a” 
repetition of the fame. =» ’ 
We have alfo thought it expedi- 
ent, by the propofed amendment, to | 
obtain the fente of miniftry, under — 
the prefent chief governor, on the § 
fubje&t of the redrefs of national J 
grievances, to the end that we might 9 
either co-operate with them towards | 
the: attainment of fuch redrefs, or 
by our own fincere and humble, but | 
perfifting efforts, endeavour to ad- | 
minilter relief to the people of Ire-— 
land. : iz 
a Cork and ORRERY, > ~ 
Morra, ~ % 
ARRAN, 
CHARLEMONT, 
PoRTARLIVGTON, 
Lismore, i 
Leinster, by proxy, 
Ross, by proxy. ‘y 
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Speech of the Speaker of the Houfe of 
‘. Commons of lreland, on prejenting 
the Bills of Supply to the Lord Lieu=” 
tenant.’ . ~~ - | 
May it pleafe your Excellency, | 
“Wy VERY year’s experience, fince | 
f ‘, 1785, has fhewn the wifdo ¥ 
of the principle which the commons 
then eitablifhed, of preventing the 
further accumulation of national 
debt. Under the influence of that” 
principle, public credit has rifen fo” 
high as to admit of an inereafe to 
the finking fund, by a confiderabl 
diminution in the -intereft of the 
public debt. Private credit too 
has felt its falutary effeéts; and the 
advanced ftate of both has given vis 
gour to-induftry, and a fteady aid 
to mercantile exertion. x 
We now fee our commerce ex- 
tended to a degree’ unknown in any 
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