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Ucalegon." — The weirs upon the Liffey have been 

 surveyed, previous to the construction of passes, and 

 if they are to be made with the public money, it is 

 important to all concerned that they should be made 

 effectual for the purpose intended. The estimated 

 cost for the pass over the Glandelan weir, is, as I 

 have said, upwards of £100, and I state guardedly, 

 that it will not be worth the wood of which the mo- 

 del is made. Some of the Commissioners have stated 

 (certainly in too kind and flattering terms) that I am 

 better acquainted with these subjects than an^^ indi- 

 vidual in Ireland. I may however, at least, take it 

 for granted that I am qualified to offer an opinion 

 upon the subject ; it is an old saying that a man 

 may lead a horse to water, but 100 men cannot 

 make him drink. I respectfully ask the Commis- 

 sioner, how he brings his salmon to the pass. When 

 lie answers that question, I shall show him, in the 

 public prints, (the only place in which I will discuss 

 the question), that his pass is wholly and absolutely 

 useless. 



I do not in these observations presume to find 

 fault with the Commissioner ; I have too hioh a res- 

 pect for him to do so. The fault is, in the Act of 

 Parliament, placing upon him these incongruous du- 

 ties. Even judicial functions are required of him by 

 the Act of Parliament ; and when he took his seat 

 upon the bench at Waterford, to try a fishery ques- 

 tion, the counsel in the case asked him, was he going 

 to look at the Act of Parliament through a theodo- 



