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of the Unionavill thea cometo be difeuffed: 
and this isa point, in the fettiement of 
which we fee no great difficuity; per- 
haps the enormous national debt of the 
Gne country Is the greateft obftacie. 
‘© Obfervations on the Speech of the 
Right Hon. JoHN Foster,” are the 
preduétion of a bold and petulant contro- 
verfialift, who treats his antagonift with 
uamerited feverity and:contempt, and 
gives a much higher place to the king 
and the privy council than is given to 
them by the Englifh -conititution. If 
this author be correét in his afertion thar, 
becaufe the Britifh parliament gave le- 
giflative independence to thar of Ireland 
in 1782, jt hasaricnt to take wt away. at 
prefent, it was but 2 folemn mockery 
to fubmit the queftion to their difcuffion. 
Ahother member of the Irith Houle of 
Commons, Mr. W. SmitTuH, has pub- 
lihhed “ The Subftance of his Speech” 
en the Union. His fentiments are in 
favour of this meafure : his {peech is pro- 
lix, difgraced by afperity of language, and 
contemptuous towards the body he ad- 
‘dreffes: he ufes, however, occafionally 
forcible arguments, and his fentiments on 
the advantages which the catholics will 
derive from the meafure are liberal and 
candid. 
No lefs than five members of the Bri- 
tifh Parliament, befides thofe mentioned 
in our laft compendium, have publithed 
the “ Speeches” which they daelivered 
on this important febject, and all of them 
are in favour of the Union; thefe are 
Lorp Avucktanpd, Lorn Mirrto, 
LORD SHEFFIELD, Mr. SYLVESTER 
DovcLias, and Mr. Peer. Lord 
Auckland’s affords many interefling facts 
relative tothe commerce of the two cotn- 
tries, and contains, in an appendix, fome 
very ufeful tables iliuftrative of this point; 
we think his lordfhip has fairly made our, 
that, ina commercial point of view, the 
yneafure of an Union will be advantageous 
to Ireland. The fpeech of Lord Minto 
is a very elaborate performance, occupy- 
ing no jefs than-rs5 full pages: it con- 
tains much found argument in favour of 
the meafure, but its ftyle and manner are 
quaint, heavy, and inaminate. Lord 
Sheffield, who ts already well known by 
his political inquiries relative to Ireland, 
cuts the matter very fhort, being of opi- 
nion that an Union is a meafure of a4/3- 
dute neceffity. The fpeech of Mr. Dou- 
gias 1s one of the beft productions on the 
fubjet which have vet appeared: it com- 
hats, with great fuccefs, the arguments of 
Mr. Fofter. Wr, Peel oppofed the com- 
Retrofpe& of Domeftic Literature...Politicss 
fible performance : 
mercial propofittons in.1785, but fuppotts 
the prefent meafure on account of its ad= 
vantages, borh poiiticai and commercial ; 
he opjeéts, however, to the equalifation 
of duces, being of opinion that our ma- 
nufactured goods cannot be afforded on 
equally low terms with thofe of che Irifh, 
from the weight of our taxes, and the 
higher price of our labour. This is a me- 
lancholy confideration for this country. 
Having thus noticed the great fenato- 
rial productions relative to the Union, we 
thall imply enumerate the other publica- 
tions on the fubject. Iz favour of the 
meafure have appeared, “‘ Reafons for 
adopting an Union ;”’ a temperate and fen- 
‘“ No Union, but 
unite and fall,’ a ludicrous pamphlet, 
remarkable for its low humour and pow- 
erful arguments :, ** A Letter to a Mem- 
ber of the Jrifh Parliament,” <he author 
of which is bold enough to afferr, that be~ 
caufe only one fifth of the people of 
Ireland have the right of voting, their 
parliament is uot a popular reprefenta- 
tion: ‘* Striétures on the Union,” by 
NicHo.as Gay, E‘g. Qui mores homi- 
num muliorum vidit, ut urbes,’ a very 
odd and rather diverting performance : 
‘** Three Letters to a Noble Lord on the 
projeéted Union,”’ by a Nobleman, which 
are temperate and candid, and evidently 
written by an able man: Union or Se- ~ 
paration,” by R. FARREL; who recom- ~ 
mends to his countrymen, of two evils 
to choofe the leaft : ‘* Confiderations upon 
the State of Public Affairsin 1799, Ire- 
land,” which thofe who with to fee the 
expediency of the propofed incorporation 
cf Ireland placed in a luminous point of 
view will do well to perufe: ** Conftitu- 
tional Objections to the Government -of 
Ireland by a feparate Legiflature,” by 
THEOBALD M‘Kenna, Efq. a violent 
Phitippic again the Trifh Parliament : 
* Treland profiting by Example,” in which 
the advantages of the Union to Scotland 
are pointed'out; and lafly, a ‘“ Fair Re-. 
prefentation of the prefent political State 
of Ireland,” by PATRIGK DUIGENAN, 
L.L.D. which fhows that the conneét- 
ing bend of the Uniorifts is but a rope of 
fand; for great part of this work confifts 
in a fevere attack on lords Minto and 
Shefield, brother Unionifts, for their 
liberal fentiments refpe€ting the catho- 
lics, 
Much lefs numerous are the publica= 
tions again the Union fince cur laf com- 
-pendium : indeed we confider the caufe 
of the Anri-unionifis to be a dying one. 
“ ‘The Cafe of Ireland re-confidered,’* 
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