Star. — London, England, 1804-03-08 00:00:00

truly contemptible. When the °blest was viewed 22 overturning the, State. Now, as fo the ccindue of the military, we mull confider what is the nature of the military preparations in Dublin. and then we Mall difcover if any additional force became neeeffiery. In point of &El, the garrifon of Dublin coniiiled, at that, time. of no left than four regiments; whiz'', with the artillery, amounted to about gOOO rank and file. Was not this a competent and fufficient fecurity ? 'Phis gar. rifon was not placed in one pofition, but occupied no lets than 8 different pofitions, in barracks. Every bar rack is a Militarygariifon or Ration, occupied by a pro portionate guard, fo that a military force can be got to act in any quarter. The alual number of men on duty each day, was not lets thin from 300 to goo rank and filz. There may be a ruction naked, whe ther or not, without any additional precaution. the fafety of the date might not have been fufficiently well attended to by leaviog it to thecommon guards upon ditty ? lam Cure, thet is many cafes, during the former rebellion, we have paired many a day with lefs means of fecurity, though espied to greater danger. The Honourable General who has been alluded to. immediately on his reiorn from the Lord ,Lieutenant, wrote to the officers of the artillery that a dilturbanca was expedled to take place that night. and begged them to be prepared agaiva any enters gency. The ordnance was the chief point which could then have been furprifed, and the national bank the next one.• The latter of ihefe was defended by an officer's guard being Rationed there; befides, it is a flrong building"; defended with a Revak outer wall, fo that it would empire a confiderable time to carry it. The Bank, too, in point of fitttation. was' rendered more Retire, it being fituated betwixt the. Royal barracks, and the barracks at Eirevbridges the two mot. important nsilitsur Rations t _not mach above zoo yatchtfitlance frotnit on each.cdit,' As to the Cattle of Dahlias it was defended ionftelldf. t r ton men, and itilu.oation it not above lob yards 'Want from the garrifon at Effes.bridge, in which the 62d regiment, confilting .of upwards of imp mien, were then Rationed. All of:thefe.Rations were reported by the proper offuer.to be inaßate of fent. city. The General file no reef" either in point of prudence or utility, to draw out his garrifon. The General divided his arran7ements into two parts.— Some guards be Rationed and augmented immedi ately, and others be ordered us be augnsemed after it was dark, and in that particular_ I think he *Red prudently. Them.wese tersest plates which he or dered to be iguardedWitle.so eta evels, filch as ,the Royal Hofpnal, the .Powder-mills, Its. Such being slot !Bavaria lime of Dublin, and the vigorous menfores and precautions taken on this occalion, I cannel con ceive it poffible-how any accufation can be made again* Government for negligence or want oftimely exertion. The truth is, we tiod that two (mall parties lied put down all this molt exaggerated rebellion, which. iteme.lince very much to have alarmed the miads of fame people. I now hold in torhapd the Special Report of Gen. Dunn, who commanded the garrifonsio the barraks that night, which thews the number of men who were marched to the barracks pre vious to this rebellion, which took place at to o'clock at night. There were 470 rank and file, and b i tty cavalry. fent fr6m the Royal Barracks, eaclofire of thole fent from other Barracks, with rview to (catch the town, and take up all fufpnions. pedant. Only a very few individuals were taken, who immediately threw down their arms. Such was the conettilion of this moll extraordinary rebellion. The whole al: lair had, no doubt, received an additional degree of *doming, from the great lots which the country inetwith on that occafion, by the death of a venera ble Judge. and an Officer fincerely lamented, both of which melancholy events in no degree appertained to thole tranhaionh in any other manner than by mere chance. I mean, that it does not appear from any evidence which has been procured on the Cabin% that the murder of that refflable perfisnage was precon certed by the rebels. From the examinatiou of iaJi• vidnals upon oath. in a Court of jollier, it has' ap. peered that the whole affair had been planned by that wild and extravagant young man, Emmet; and fo far from its having railed the credit or reputation of the rebellion, it has lowered it confiderably, and railed loyalty to a higher pitch than ever in that part of the country. It was not, however, very furpsifing that this rebellion had bees& fabled of criticifm, as st bad occurred at a time when it was remarkably dark, and in aconntry where the people were peculiarly alive to fuch matters. The Government of Ireland v e:e, io no fork of the word, furprilcd on the uccaficot, he. eaufe it is certain that they took every precaution which was neceffary for the Safety of Dublin Ido not tl.ink it is wonderful that, in fucha cafe, after the hattle i has been fought, tome individuals may think it proper 1 to endeavour to point out that it might have been bet-1 ter fought, though Each arguments carry no weight to my mind. It has hero Aid. why did not General Fctx fend out a patrole all over the town? but I think, had any further precautions been taken, they might have been driven too far. It has alfo been aiked, why did not Lord Hardwickc call fur the fervieel of the Yeomanry of the town ? I can fee nothing 1 1 which could have juilified fuch a mellitus witeu the alarm was Co triffng. and the other prewations Co great. Atiotlier criticiim is that the Lord Lieutenant did not think proper to notify Me matter to the Lord Mayor. i think he certainly did cnongh by giving intimation to the Head Officer of the Police. I tLe cote of Defpard's confpiracy in this country. I bel:ev e that no fuch intimation was tliought neeef rall. In the prefent inftancc. the arms WI-is It were to b e f 'rand in the Lord Mayor's I'lCW', were-, ;n bi, Lordship's abreacts, delivered out to the rebel. by a libel who was in the Service of his Lordth:r.— in point of fall, every !oldies. was fotnilhed with twelve rounds of ball castridcts, a general or der having been given to that per: r-te tome time previews to the event in queition. ILi s was a mull ample and powerful fupply, if it be feet llevicd that n"ne of theft regiments were to ail in tine, but in various fandivitions. or (mall parties. A doubt has been Rated as to how far Government could pro. perly do its ditty, when the Chief Matate Slept out of Dublin th at night ; but Ido not how that eireurnaance could be auended with any bad eon. fequences, fine it has been fuewn that the proper orders Lad been carefully Ricca, as far as Govetn tnent were aOcallyconcerned. That Government ()mad not Lave taken any other meafures prim to rillact•, riot, is now remitted. I r. patio ularly evident, from the nature of the ttaota.bon i—end that sso) thing they appear 1.0 leave done, tends so peeve thew .eo h a ve b e en a stile end moatpendmetineorepetent to difeern one. Iroeireter, tisk Noble Government. (4 cry of bead hat /) If there/eftsl Lord had treated th e wh o l e a ff a i r a . f r i vo l ous an d themfelves ( which have now become notorious) were ongatory , it fliould teem to be argued from high ato ' not fu ffi ciently adequate to prove their mudeotial thority.ts ifan imputation might be calk upon three condue in this whole tranfaaimr, I would Ingelfvote fourths of the people of Ireland ; and here it would for calling on that 'Government to thew what they be proper to notice the difpofition which has been have done. They appear, however, to me, and I confident! fo politic, to foothe arid conciliate the Inns trial will appear to the majority of this Hoofe, to people. He bowed to the leornlng and talents of the have judged wifely, and to have tidied virtuoally. Noble Lord, who was placed at the head of *claw and with proper energy as to the hfety and fecurity in that country, but he deplored their .apptication. of their country committed to their charge.. I beg He did not mean to far that free publicaCeonslrom pardon of the Houk • for having thus detained it fo that high and venerable authioritY otrerietatderl tae long upon this fubjeft : but as.l uncktfiand that vs-. a firebraod to fpread the tenors of political tootle rious impreffions have been feduloufiy circulated, di. gration through the land,, but be Might be Pastille* redly and indirealy, to the great reindict of the to colloft fotnewbat of the anfwers of Government Governors of Ireland, I have thou it incumbent from thefe documents. Fi t t on me to be thus particular in ming the various Mr..ARCHDALE- very much doubted if the Me obfervations and arguments urged by. the., Hoe fort motion could peoduce any ufeful dodo The Baronet as the foundation and objeft of motion." Pao. Baronet we furprifed the Hon. Admiral had Mr. CANNING Paid the Noble Lord who had jail ebandoeed his projedted application to the Hoskon fpoken, had very moth dwelt oa general principles. this qmpaiort ; he could inform the Hon. Barenetelist but this generality of reafonittg was not theses ap. the teethe was. becaufe the true motive no longer plicable to particular cafes, they mull frequently tell seined—die jullificatiou of :General Fos. He %xi upon their own individual merits. The Noble Lord well remembered, on the molt feriooseccalion, when rays, the enquiry propoled be the Host. Baronet. will +.o coo men were in hoilility againft GOVitTOPINGio . IIO• engage the valuable time of Patliament, but to what thing of this investigation was propoled, but sow. on objets can its valuable time be more happily dirtied* this comparatively Wifigttinearst affair, the cry of *E than to dircover that all parts of the Empire be well guilty is unceafing. Soppofing these were .woo men. govaned 1 Is it a mirapplicatien of time. to fee half intoxicated and half armed. how could thee that the capital • of the %Ventre Vapid -be properly feeble lons of fin and riot make head againfi 0000 of defended I..:Having log their own Parlianteot, the the regular force, which modlitoted the panto( the inhabitant' &mold not be. denied the junicedley now capital? The fcheme refembled the wild effort of demand inthe Imperial Councils. In anfwer ett the Deiard in this country. auffid. with all his talents, argument, that the alliance of ,Lord Hardwiatt. could not coiled ten followers. When the attention would be withdraisa if loch an mmeiry.vroot ieflitsit. el Parliament thould be direfted to the defence of the ed, he difclaimed all perfonal feeling a from the public kingdom, it was unwire to diem% tbeCouacils of the charades. of the'Noble Lord he hatter:mai good Stare by theft feeds of difcnrd. True it was that opinion; of his prirate virtues be wet only ignorant' certein letters had been publifired by agrees legal cha. beguile he, had .not the honour of his Lordthip's miler in Ireland. He was much coneoroed that there acquaintance. On the prelatic °teams; he was only had butte:paced to the public eyes but nest to the permitted to confider (held-Ale, Lord as a member impropriety: of their expofition we their being men of the Executive Government, and if it. were need. tinned within there walls. nary that °his Lordtbip thould, for a great public put- • Mr. DAWSON-11 I readily admit that the prat* pole. retire from his exalted Ration, there were others trial Twain's on this oe9tfiem is 4 whet benefit is to who mere competent to ditcherge itsduties. He did be derived from this motioaP The °Ned. may be not blew by what law of phyfical necergy its Lord- twofold t ark, marring a charge *pion the M:oilier Alp was fattened to his Viceroyalty, fo that he could through the niedinnaof Irelands nest. to prevent fn. tun be d6hngagrd from it. Such was not the cafe tune mal-adosiniltration in that country, by the deft with Cseneral Fez m the fuprenae military command, p ro d u ced read er thi s i nve fti gel i on . If t h e f or m a b e his refteation was difcoveted to be more than a mere the object of theßight Hoe Gentleman, I mei. bow poSkibtio—vkia rooeederl--aha Noble Lord has es- ever reluaandy. contend he is not. nothing a sepa devoured to • tta his politico on three diffneot Imes ofe of ageberous people. He is net employing, grounds. all edsich. he conceived, would fink seder the noble and misty weapon which well becomes the hint : firft, Government bred acquired *Balm nod. gallant temper, but be is corroding the vitals of the nary information ; fecondly. the danger was not &ate by fecret pollute: I admit the latter deign to imminent; thirdly. tinge the unreel:A . 6ol attempt, be an horsourable one. and therefore I cannot differ the mama vigilance has beta direßed to prevent the in the motive, however I may difeseee about the renewal of the fame difirrders. The Houle would means. One melon why lam difpoicd to refill the recoiled.. that however ably the Noble Lord (lipoid enquiry is, becaufe it is not brought forward by any defend the IA potation, it bad no relation to the kith Member, who, I am.tn prefiime. mull be much prefect miefticut, which referred only to the conduft more competent than the Hun. Baronet on Inch a of the kith Government on the sod of July, sad a fubjelt. It is no difparagement to him that I con. (bort time prior to, that day. With refpeSt then to ceive my compatriots better informed in this refpeft, the firth, how contrary were the liatements .ntatie, .while I allow the foperiority of his talents and of his to the real condition of tbaoenuntry,- We were re- knowledge, as applied to the local circomflances of peatedly allured of the profound peace which pre- his own country. The . lifence of the Irith Members vaned, of the pert,:ft tranquillity which reigned is perhaps the ben clue by which we can attain the throoghour Ireland. The Noble Lord, he, Paid, opinion of the kith people; and I with to affirm the wilhed now to qualify theft fynooymes ; but what, Houle. as an Irith hlember, that-according to the be raid, were the qualifications be - would employi belt judgment I can form. with the accidental ad- Is it that profound tranquillity and peace teem f• vantage or which I hive adverted. the adinini- naturally to combine, that their feparation was a fixation of that Wand is in no raped culpable.-- matter of great difficu ' lly ? If he would fay, that as Had the intentioo been to exonerate from a they both commence with the fame letter, the oral difgraceful charge a brave and dignified Officer. faculty is irrefillably impelled to conned them, the I &mild have been as folicitous as the Honourable fame rcafoning would not apply to the pleenatin Baronet to urge forward the enquiry : but what. which followed .1 , petrel tranquillity 1" He begged ever the tongue of calumny may have whifpered, that on ferous matters, louse words jniended to no charge .exifts, no doubt remains on the charade? convey ferious =earring. might be ufed, and that and condo& of the Hon. General. I object to the the generous confidence •of the Howe might not be motion, becaofe it will have a very pernicious ef confirued into idle credulity. blinillers did not fed on the minds of the dilaffeded. Why, they only impair upon the Hook by their own ditto, but will enquire. fhould we be fubfervient to the ex they attempted to fupport their erroneous Recusant Ming Government, when Os conduct is difeoveted on extraneous authority, which might be deemed to be nefarious, that a fulemn inveßigation has refs fafpicious. As Government had been completely become necelfary as a warning to future Viceroys ? deceived. it was not wonderful it lhould mithord the In the prefent (late the evil is not inconfiderable.— Houk, it was not furprifing no fleps• ftiould have Notice after notice has been given by honourable been taken in the neighbouring ifland, and that from Admirals and Baronets, and a difpofition, by this the 17th to the 23d nt July, the public (avant' were means has been conliantly (hewn to render the public in a (late of fupinenefs and inactivity. This conduct authorities futpated. I will freely admit, that the (he Paid) if not the extremity of rallrefs, mull be Irith Government was taken by furprize : but it utter Islindnefs. He then produced a pamphlet. a WAS furprifeil becaufe the rebels thernfeives were hat. few pages of which contained the fpeech of the At- vied onward and expoled to all the di:advantages of torney General of Ireland on the late trial of rme of furprife. Government did not know the intentions the delinquents. It fumed. he laid, a little too of the traitors, it is true, but it was becaufe throe much the falhion for great Lawyers to be mifisken intentions were not formed. The rebellion thus in their opinions, and perhaps the noble Lord would became an abortion which no (kill could produce think this was another eaample of that kind. His today in health and maturity. Lord Hard. Lordfhip had laid there were only own pikes; but wicke alfumed the reins of Government a fhort the Attorney General lays there were 8000 of there time potterior to the Union. I do not mean to weapons. ,Was this an expedient to diminifh the clan- comment on that great me., - ure, bait it may explain ger that the quantity was thus leffened ? Would the one four of the difaffedion of the capital, when Noble Lord have Parliament aa upon a filfe fiate• we confider that ais Union is the complete ruin of ment tor has the oniortunate prironer (offered under Duhiin. The trade and the fuperb edifices of that the hands of the ennui nor for this talk al: rennin t--- city are battening to decay, for it is no longer the ( 4 pored cry el Creir 1) — He laid he was repeating rctidence of the Nobility and Gentry of the ifland, what the Attorney Gerietal (aid on the folemnsicco l who witnerly (pent halt their time, and more than Gan of bis criminal proleeution. *freeing the life of an individual. He ravined if he were called to order from the citation. If there was *time in which the fa (=duds of bud% &add be molt regarded. it was at loch an awful interval. The Noble Lord. among other trivial things. adverted to the feizure of the Caine. Surely it was moll imrortant that the dif pi..ce of loch an event Ibould not operate on the mind. of the difalfcacJ to encourage disco to new ;alliances of atrocity. Stich being the danger, what were the precautions taken to avoid its consequencco " All diligence (lays the Noble Load) was employ. ed $ the Houle. be believed, was not In fully natio fwd. end hence was the motive tor this enqukry."— S•dne Mcmher. wind agree with the Attorney ball their fortunes in that favourite feat of rational and elegant enjoyment. If, Si.. the view be by this motion to occafion Lord Hardwicke to retire from his Ration, I think it would have a very pernicious effetl. He has en:tired the funeions of his lofty fit nation, at lea !ince the infurreilion, all gentlemen will acknowledge, with la , nour to lumfelf. and with benefit to the Wand s he has not iuditured new modes of trial offenfiste to the principles of nor gloriot.s Coodnution. He has held faced the trial by Jury, and has advanced the voluntary defence of the country to a perfeaion of discipline which annifhed the Noble Lord who is now at the head of the mili• tary deparintent. On theft grounds. Sir, I a': -t, that whether we attend to the objea of this motion. nasal. detailed in the pamphlet he preduced, that 4' it was manifid lae rebellion was a pre-concerted fcherne of the moil dangerous confpirators. who balked the directs rf the capital. and were •idrly as afielting the Adminiiiration'ist this part of his Majeny's aluminlons. or as influencing the Hate of heland, the enquiry peopcifed by the tlun. Earonet will in no relpeet conduce either to public or private c:;fiuted in the province% rf the Itkind, and they uouli) think the peril rrquirol the molt alive exertion% of the pubik an;hoiiii..s." that " the night was tettit%ly dark." Thi. mig:ii / Dell account Co . Govern• metes not fceinit. !wt be did not know how it ac counted for their not foiefeeing how this hortibk r.hkoritr on that pa:ticular sight lhoold riecafion bionelitet• frr fo wan) ror Dths pine to it. •Yet, it it stele fa dark, bow CAMt they cialt:y to count eighty mix* what tilt 'Waal wpm., it was were utility, and may be aucndcd by vet y injuticus ct.nle quences." Lard TEMPLE thought the Minaler+ fhould be grateful for Met a motion, for giving them an op. portunity n detracting, whet mull r• beruffe be a fubjce of. enquiry. He believed the ptefent Govern. meat vrat'rrally taken by infinite, and lie (eland the people here could tepee% nn other from oar :4-Differs on a nadir itcartneh Who could depend on the woods* of huh is= t Whoa they tt.ldut theta %lib 3rlr • a peace. it Ifigliklitr ' Millived . Ws wen when they taid a m t ! w y hi ham , . k was the forerunner If ' • ' ' • General TA 7 ' the pa pafed enquiry. • The ' ' by the Movie, wam. ado. . es dm 11 " 1 a proof of aegfigeoeamit agallifiliefs, oft ... Vert ei fame of thole ot in "Imetal 0 " - all the engoirim able to nab 401 1 the fP O I. • ' ' hstha affair df Ala a July, the Oirklidalt. completely takes 4... coesvez T o furprine. Tlmagb boa bad been appoistatibt *ripen of hall pork% and in that eattatry. -. he _had rataiaidao intimation that his pekoes was nemifery them as after datfafarrealan. The alt.. rimipemeits adopted is the stiliptly And twatzr o 'h.;,- were eltinglitif aegligeat. The 1 rtt elltw catatty,al Kildare were very MiliiirfOik J emoneiee mach more remote were alto mewed as. Jain the iftlergents. TIN* of the people in the feath ers'. wee! prevented from in iatended ?a:operatic* by intelbgeate, which sonfiderably anticipated the arrival of - oificial dirpoecher to dash' military coin nianders. that the infarreelion had failed. This intel ligence was communicated by telegraphic fires light.. ed on the inicijacent heights.. Mr. Secretary YORKE (aid, he rote for the par. pis of endeavouring to make to the Houle a eats went of has, which would. thew that no ground. was laid for any aecufation againft the Government, of Ireland. The Honoutable General who had jail • fpoken, had maintained the read of the late Com mander in Chief in Ireland But he rather believed. he ought with propriety to have termed it his natio*. By fomo means or a gif • ' . ing had aria% which made it ateeffitry that either.. ' the Lord Lieutenant or the Commander in Chief , Mould withdraw, and on that fubjett the King's . Goveroment he re had abed as teemed to them . bell. upon a confideration of all the dm:canna% , judging it he to accept the reGgnation of 001 Commander in Chief. He &odd, in jail advert to the principles on tebierZ e t i at Relation commenced his government as Load tales. •• tenant of 'mined, which were to conciliate that us skin. and to allay the rentaitiar beats and auto& ties. and norm bs too eager to believe every esparto Notwi various circus:44=mila fttastia• : of Ire At appear so be =rakishly ienprosrede a difpolikimi ,to iodide" had returned. and affairs , .woes a boat *fp& At this time trfortamply, the Aar blob, oat. • The Irina Gement:sem, IN am. *orb fotrinde applied for the fepenhon of.lbt failla . been Corpus, boat she Government here &slimed as. for td that mature without fame *eager pooh , of its aseeffity than were then adduced: a perwOi*. which he thought that Hoak would ant be potato centurs. The COmmander in Chief artie ed in Ireland on the a of Jbae. and in miens , ways, no doubt, the fituation of theGotrernment well: dikofed. On the tub of Ply, loch was the Atom.. tion of the County of Kildare. which bad bets goo orally torbuloat. even at Maynnodt. in the twee neighbourhood of a refpedable Noblemaa (Debt of Leialler) that it was judged neeeffary an re.. quell the Commander is thief to fend troops ie. to throe or four towns in order to ftepprefs the at tempts at dike-dee and riot. About that time, Go. oral Foe, the Commander in Chief. let net apes • military tour towards Galway. On the ails due ezplotion. as it is called. broke out in Patrick. • Street. Dublin. which had bees much emigre:meal —it Mei:NO:era laid by fume that's Powder mill blew up. Now what was the Bate of the 612 too Emmet had taken a place when the accident bap. petted. Two perfons only were at home at the times one of whom being nearly full'ocated, in the at of throwing up a window. wounded himfelf in the Mum, and bled to death I the other" who was alto nearly fuffocated. was a poor ignorant man, and could give no further account than that the powder was brought there to make op the combullibies. This affair, however, led Government to make farther en. gullies, and the Lord-Lieutenant wrote on the Mb of July to the Commander in Chief; informing him of the tranfaftioas. This letter was not re ceived by the General, as the Lord-Lientertant ex. pelted ; but it was fent by the Military Secretaries to him at Tuliamore. On the night of Thur(day the twenty-fiat. the General returned. In the wage of Thurfday, the only fie& circumfiance was, the alarm of Mr. Clarke,. an eminent manufatturer. who Rated certain appearances and difprfitions on the part of his workmen. indicative of an approachior dilturbance. On Friday he returned and Paid, be was convinced his alarm was not founded. Now. would Gentlemen contend that Government were aaually obliged to know what happened before it happened ? Or did they mean to fay that Government, knowing what they did, had not done every thing that was neceffary ? He would deny that affertion. Many things having been timed with refpea to dif ferent pathos' complaints againtt the Irith Govern ment for their conduit on that oration, be should produce three letters to Mr. Marfden from Mr. Clarke, Colonel Aylmer. and Mr. Goring, and one from Mr. Finlay to Mr. Wickham. The Right Hon. Secretary of State read tome parts of thefe letters: that of Mr. Clarke particularly alluded to an article in Cobbett's Political Regiiier, and prrifed the con duet of Government in relpea to the tranfaaious alluded to. On the Saturday the accounts became more ferioua. The Lord Lienten.art received the letter of Mr. Marfden while General Fos was with him. The Hon. General who lately (poke, had alerted. that the Government was forprifed. How could that be L ioebbly for a moment contended. when they were well prepared at two o'clock, and the infurreaitm did not take place till nine. and there was a garrifon of 4oco men ? Till after the erplofion of • Patriek.firect, he believed the teem was k:,ows only to eight perfiwis. Mr. Emmett. the fabricator of the plot, had (pent hi. property. about eocsol. in purchasing this depots he lad, therefore. no need to go about for voluntary lublipiptions , as had been the cafe in Tome fuch fchemes, sad thereby make it known. As t' the quantity ol arms in this place, there had been great notttkes. The man who was the keeper of the dep..n had faid, that the whole conflated of four muskets. is blonde! lides, 3100 pikes, and i s cafe pitlols, r. ill a rich Grherar% wil• Iform, and tome others. which were worn when the riot broke out. Now, at shim o'clock. the Lord `GeneLieutenant. and the Commander in Chief, were op prized of the probability of a riot. As foes as duo ral got boos to Kaaahalarm. he wow is co V crow; , g tar rlf irrit 1 L ir "is