Retrofpec? of Domeftic Literature—Irifh Politics. 
of Great Britain with the political con- 
cerns of the Continent.” 
IrisH Porrtics. 
The fate of Ireland is now decided! 
all oppofition againft the Union has proved 
ineffectual, and the publications which 
have lately appeared in favor of it breathe 
the language rather of viétory than conteft. 
The pamphlet, which we are happy to be- 
lieve has no fecond for party violence, is en- 
titled ‘« A fair reprefentation of the prefent 
Political State of Ireland, &c. by Pa- 
Trick Duicenan, LLD.” The objeét of 
this work is to annihilate every feeling of 
commiferation for the fufferings of the 
Irifth Catholics, who, according to. this 
jar reprefentation, are of all people the 
moft profperous and the moft happy, en- 
joying all the privileges to which free men 
and citizens are entitled ! 
Parrick Lattin, Efq. has publifhed 
fome ‘* Obfervations” on Dr. Duigenan’s 
pamphlet; particularly with referencetohis 
ftrictures ona former pubtication of Mr. L. 
which we have before noticed, entitled 
<< The Cafe of Ireland reconfidered ;” 
wherein Mr. L. with fpirit and temper 
defended his brethren, the Roman Catho- 
lics of Ireland, againft the calumnies which 
have been induftrioufly propagated as to 
their political and religious tenets. We 
underftand with much pleafure, that in 
confequence of fome of thofe perfonalities 
with which Dr. D. indulges himfelf, 
Mr. L. has had recourfe to the laws of 
his country for redrefs, and has obtained 
a verdict with confiderable damages. 
An anonymous writer has publithed a 
“* Refutation of Dr. D’s. Appendix, &c.”’ 
Jn this publication the author has at- 
tempted to invalidate the Doétor’s ftate- 
ments as to the population, the compara- 
tive extent, and the relative numbers and 
property of the proteftant and catholic 
fubjeéts in Ireland. 
~ GeorGE Moore, Efq.of Lincoln’s-Inn, 
has publifhed fome “ Obfervations on the 
Union, Orange Aflociations, and other 
fubjeéts of domeftic Politics, with Reflec- 
tions on the late Events on the Conti- 
nent.’ This pamphlet has fome eloquent 
_ paffages to recommend it : the writer how- 
ever has advanced no new argument in 
favor of the Union, and muft difgutt 
every reader by his egotifm. On the fub- 
ject of the Union, Dr. Joun Gray, the 
gentleman, we conjecture, whofe pamphlet 
on the wealth of nations we have fo re- 
peatedly mentioned with approbation, has 
publifhed fome ‘ Praétical Obfervations 
on the propofed Treaty of Union between 
the Legiflatures of Great Britain and Ire- 
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Jand.” The fame folidity of judgment 
which marked the former publication of 
this able economift diftinguithes the pre- 
fent performance. As fome alteration will 
be requifite in the King’s title when the 
propofed Union takes effeét, the author 
recommends the omiffion of the words 
King of France, and that the infignia in 
the armorial bearings which have relation 
to that title fhall be fubftiruted by fuch as 
are embicmatical of the Union. He ad- 
vifes the eftablifhment of a land-tax in 
Jreland, and that the whole of it be ex 
pended in erecting, a royal dock-yard at 
Kerry, or fome more eligible ftuation 
on the fouth coaft. He moreover recom- 
mends a land-tax for the whole empire z 
this it will be recolleéted is a favorite 
planwith Dr. Gray; he confiders land to 
be the true fource of wealth, and confe- 
quently the moft proper objeét of taxation. 
We recommend this pamphlet as a calm 
argumentative performance. 
“The Speech” has been publifhed of the 
Ear oF CLARE in the Houfe of Lords of 
Jreland on a motion in favor of the Union 
made Feb. 10, 1800. The noble orator dif» 
plays confiderable ardor and eloquence in 
favor of the meafure, though from the 
number of {fpeeches which had been made 
on the fame occafion it was not likely that 
any new matter fhould be advanced. 
Lorp CASTLEREAGH’ * Speech on de- 
livering to the Houfe of Commons of Ire- 
land his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant’s 
Meffage on an incorporating Union, &c.’® 
has alfo been publithed: it contains but 
little to intereft the attention or convince 
the underftanding. Mr. Grarran’s 
‘« Speech” is not merely eloquent but ar- 
gumentative: if the animated effufions of. 
this orator will not kindle the flame of 
patriotifm, every fpark of it muft be 
extinét. ‘The Speech of the Right 
Hon. JOHN BERESFORD on his moving 
the Sixth Article of the Union,” the 
fubjeét of which relates to manufaétures 
and commerce, is an argumentative com- 
pofition, which does honor to the au-. 
thor’s abilities and knowledge. vag 
The Bifhop of Kituara himfelf is the 
reputed author of ‘* A Narrative of what 
pafled at Killala in the county of Mayo 
and parts adjacent, during the French in- 
vafion in the fummer of 1798.” This 
very interefting narrative, the authenticity 
of which is not to be quettioned, fhows us 
that the affociation is not neceflary between 
bravery and Britons, between Frenchmen 
and ferocity. The French officers, it 
feems, who were engaged in this expedi- 
tion were men of honor and military 
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