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This large sum amounts in dol- the state governments together is

lars and cents, to 43,106,564,36; and is wrung from a wretched British province, without name or character abroad, without peace, liberty or happiness at home, by a selfish oppressor that squanders her resources, and consummates her degradation.

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The ordinary revenue alone of Ireland amounted, it appears, in the year ending the 5th of January, 1805, to 18,328,160 dollars 8 cents; which is considerably higher than the whole income of the general government of America in the same period.

The total receipts of the treasury of the United States were then 17,597,698 dollars 46 cents; but of this sum, no more was expended for the support of the general government, than 13,598,309 dollars, 47 cents; the expense of all

fully estimated at about 2,000,000, more. Making in the entire, 15,598,309 dollars 47 cents.

That is a country enjoying greater general happiness and a more progressive prosperity than any other in the world, whose commercial shipping averages 900,000⚫ tons, whose flag is seen on every sea, whose industry is as unbounded as the globe, whose inhabitants possess liberty, peace and self-government, is not at this moment much more populous than Ireland, and pays little more for those manifold blessings than one third of what it costs the Irish people to live subject to ignominy, disquietude, commer cial restraints, and political slavery, Such are the advantages on one side of having shaken off the British yoke, and such the wretchedness on the other of being under its control,

CHAPEL OF ENNISKILLEN,

AN obscure and unread newspaper, printed in that seat of in tolerance and persecution Enniskil len; remarkable in the History of 1798, for conjurating its name with Woulaghan the murderer, whose patrons and Jury men, were so severely reprehended by Lord Corn. walls, has in its publication, the following vulgar defence of the Orange faction of the Vicinity of Entiskillen.

Having observed in that gross and ill-digested publication entitled the Irish magazine, an article on the outrage recently committed on the chapel of this town, we think it incumbent on us to contradict an ill-founded supposition made use of, that, the authors of this violence are the agents of the same party who opposed the erection of this chapel some short time ago.' Had

the Editor of that scurrilous compilarion taken the trouble of reading the account of that outrage as copied from the ERNI PACKET into some of the Dublin Newspapers, he would have found that no sup position could reasonably be enter tained of the offence being_com. mitted through the agency of any party, as every respectable Protestant in the neighbourhood proposed contributing towards a reward for the discovery and prosecution of the offenders, had not some of the persons concerned acknowledged their transgression. This statement we think right to publish in justice to the Protestant inhabitants of Enniskillen, and in justice to the country at large, and it is with pleasure we can assure the public that no such disposition as that stated in the Irish Magazine is manifested in the conduct of the Protestants or as he

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calls them, the Orangemen, of Fermanagh towards their Roman Catholic Brethern.

We have also the satisfaction to state, that one of the young men concerned in the above mischief, came forward last Sunday on the Altar, and publicly apologised for his misconduct; stating his contrition for the offence, and proposing at the same time, to make every recompense in his power.-Having requested some of the respectable = Protestants to interfere with the Roman Catholics to interfere in his = behalf; in compliment to them, and in justice to his own feelings the apology was well received.

The IRISH MAGAZINE is one of those publications which every Irishman should spurn, having no other claim whatsoever to that title than from its being calculated to mislead Irishmen; to create vexation, and keep alive the cinders of discord which have unfortunately too long blazed throughout the country; but which are almost extinguished thro' the enlightened liberality of the Irish government.

It is to the IRISH MAGAZINE, and to such publications, may be attributed the mischievous spirit which now manifests itself in some of the Western counties of Ireland, a spirit which must evidently bring desolation and disgrace on the thoughtless wretches concerned ! and it is with infinite satisfaction we learn that, the ROMAN CATHOLIC CLERGY have prohibited their hearers in several parts of the kingdom the reading of that dangerous publica

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The Editor admits in the first paragraph, that the outrage happened as we stated in July's Magazine, but attempts to qualify the offence, by making it a measure so atrocious that none of the gentle Orangemen of Enniskillen could be guilty of. From the notorious character of the FOR AUGUST, 18:0.

priviliged Banditti,-and the avowed and open resistance the Enniskillen part of them evinced about four years ago to the erection of any chapel in Enniskillen, we reasonably and confidently presumed, that the ruffians who opposed its erection, would, thro' their agency, have it defiled if not prostrated. So far from acquitting them of the fact, we are assured from their character so uniformly exhibited to irritate and insult their tamed Catholic country,nen, that they must stand convicted in the public opinion, of being cowardly enough to do any dark act of atrocity, and mean enough to deny it. As to "one of the young men concerned in the mischief" apologizing for the act, we think it a sufficient proof of the cowardice that directed it, as it is, of the subjection of the creatures, who took it as a compensation for the injury and insult they sustained. The Orange ruffian apologised to avoid the trouble and expense of a prosecution, and the Catholics prudently received it, under the terror they apprehended, from a repetition of other visitations should they be obstinate enough to seek redress by law.

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The Editor, by making it an act a young man" would have the public to understand, it was only a juvenile act of spirit, or at least an acccident.

He must be of rare spirit indeed, who could mount an elevated pair of stone pillars, and with considerable labour pull them asunder, perhaps the Editor's "young man," was a little hearty, and stumbled on the pillars in his way home, this would have been a decent excuse, and pretty reasonable too, for an "Orange Apologist," but it is partly spoiled, by taking another stumble, which breaks open the doors of the chapel, here the second stumble might be explained out of its

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malignity by Enniskillen literature had not "the young gentleman" stumbled a third time, and on the Altar done some dirty work, besides breaking the sacred Ornaments, but it gets beyond every talent of the keenest apologist, when we learn that "the young man" carried away the Priests Vestments, which he buried in a neighbouring ditch, perhaps he intended to stumble again on them, and after causing their resurrection, would again stumble into an Orange Lodge, to encrease the "feast of reason and the flow of soul," with the spoils of Popish superstion.

The Editor ascribes to the Irish Magazine and to such publications

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the mischievous spirit which ago nizes the Western counties, as well might be ascribe the profanation of the chapel to us. He very wisely attributes to the same Magazine, the keeping alive of the cinders of discord. Then we have been guilty of starving the poor, and whipping them for grumbling, of murdering the Rev. Mr. Duane in Mountrath, of attacking the Limerick militia in Omagh, of plundering the chapel of Enniskillen. The Judge and Jury who convict a robber or murderer, on the same parity of reasoning, may be accused of generating crimes instead of correcting them.

THE SADDLE ON THE RIGHT HORSE."

I must set you and the public right in regard of a letter which somebody wrote to you in my name, about two months ago-and tho' the best part of it was truth sure enough, yet there was one big lie in it consarning the Black, and which I can't rest for in my bed until it is contradicted.-The case is this, as many of the riding house corps knew, and I defy them to deny it

there was a big Black purchased out of a ship that was in the river at the same time, devil a doubt of it, and the poor creature was brought to the riding-house to whip me, but when he saw me stript, whether my bide resembled his own so much that he took pity on me-or whether it was that the poor devil had some man's blood in him, I can't take upon me to say-but by the light that shines, he threw down the tars and refused to touch me, so he was taken away and the night following

made his escape, and we never saw him afterwards; but I was flogged by a fellow blackened in the face to resemble the big Black, and God forgive me, but his mouth was very like master Jack's own mouth, and especially when he used to grin at me with pleasure, whenever I shouted after getting a sound cut from him and there was an I. and a C. and a B. on the corner of his cravat, but all the while I won't positively say it was Master Jack, tho' twenty will give their book oath of it-all I take upon me to say is, that when he grinned he was dumned like bim, and to this hour I never meet him in the street that the flesh on my back does not creep and my hair gets frightened, and his grin by the powers is the very ditto of the black in disguise that tattered my back" as the song says, So no more at present, From yours 'till death,

HORISH the SWEEP.

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LEARNED CATHOLIC MEETING.

ON Thursday, the 26th of July, a meeting of the petitioning Citholics of Ireland, took place in Crow-street. The company assembled at an early hour, and the sub. ject matter for debate commenced about three o'clock in the afternoon. The assembly, was composed of eleven persons, counsellor's O'Connell, O'Gorman, Hussey, Scully, and Plunker, with Messrs. Dromgoole, Lyons, Sheridan, Cassin, and Conway. Were we not informed, by the eloqnence and impressive orations of Mr. O Connell, and Mr. Hussey, that took the lead in the business of the day, we might have mistaken the meeting to be a law club, than an assemblage of the catholics of Ireland. Indeed, the number who attended to hear the result of this important business were so few, that the orators were reduced to the necessity of applauding each other, it reminded us of a review of yeomen, where no person attends but the performers. We will not attempt a report of the debate, as

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To carry their upright act of na. tional principle into effect, suppose their honors, would in their official capacities encourage the receipts of Irish money. For example, were transgressing carr owners, who bring potatoes, fish, butter and fowls, into this great, flourishing, ship-building city, and are every day fined for not having their horses led, to the imminent danger of driving over his majesty's subjects, at the busy hours of three and four in the morning, to pay their forfeits in real Irish tenpennies.

The fines levied on retailers of spiritous liquors, if paid in Irish coin, would encourage moneymaking, and if the public could have an opportunity at the expiration of every year, of inspecting the aggregate collection, it would be very gratifying. Such an exhibition of

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own ingenuity, as 8112/. in Irish silver, gathered from the vices and immorality of the times, would tend as much to encrease the consumption of domestic industry, as it would to diminish crimes.

We believe it would amount to that sum, at the smallest calculation, for, there are six officers, every one of which levies thirteen fines each week on publicans only, at two pounds each fine, which at this moderate statement would

make the sum stated.

It would greatly contribute to the patriotic character of the police magistrates, if they would in this time of general distress, we mean such of them as have been lord mayor's within the last five years, namely the aldermen, Tre vor, Pemberton, Darley, and the present worthy chief magistrate, sir William Stamer, baronet, to order their respective secretaries, to return to each grocer and publican, the five shillings extorted as fees on such persons taking out their respective licences, which would amount in the four years to

the enormous sum of 1800l. calcu lating the number of persons so imposed on, to be eighteen hundred, we would not like to act so unhandsomely by the feelings of good men, as to compel them to become patriots, on the presumption that we have it in our power to do so. From our opinion of their high consideration, we expect they will as a matter of prudence, immedi ately see this great sum refunded to the poor people so seriously injured, until this act of retribution is done, we cannot believe even the present Lord Mayor's proclamation, recommending the case of the poor ma nufacturers, to be any thing else but an empty waste of words.

Besides this judicious act of pru. dence which we advise the municipal authorities to adopt, it is expected that sir William Stamer, will also relieve the poor people who bring fish into our markets, from the impositions of the clerk of the market, who has the audacity to charge each car for standing to dis charge their loading in Pill Lane, the sum of ten pence, and for weighing any article in dispute four pence, though the usual price is only one penny. With these scandalous exactions, he charges each stall in Ormond market, two pounds three shillings and four pence, annually, under the pretext of discharging the expences of sweeping the market, though the real expense does not amount to twenty shillings each week.

We trust the art of printing, suf fering so much under the financial arrangements made by Mr. Foster, will be admitted to share of the pa tronage promised by the police patriots to Irish manufactures, to the exclusion of foreign bibles, and that none other shall be admitted for official duries, but bibles actually proved to have been printed in this

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