The Sun. — London, England, 1805-02-09 00:00:00

themi --.... ,•C f i RllO had not to' i""Teets • preteented too , , their armies would have attempted before now trio• to carry their designs into execution. This, with t wag the systematic collenion and incorporation of all it 01. who had fl, n 1 their country fur their treasons; its poisi being publicly declared and made known, that their gh t , ' colleCtion was connected with these designs ; the n all avowed intention of carrying on a correspondence g the through these agents, and the melancholy recollec t, at li'-'n of the repeated insutreCtions that had taken thil• ' Place in Ireland : were all these tnattets of such Neel light impression that no mease should a ay II : tak en on them without precise and particular in. part quiry. A contrary system had been aaetl on in the e ver, : - lot war with the hearty concurrence and Support COO' of the H on. G entleman ; and to that system the :old safety and existence of Great Britain, ai well as t hey Irel an d, was owilny ! dirt if the b• The H on . G ent l eman asked, existence Of Committees of United Irish solo men in Paris were to be made the ground of sus s n'' pending the Habeas Corpus, where would the Sint ;e: to pension end, for that in war it was likely there by a would alway s he such Committees. . The question snarl' went far to answer itself. It was not the hare exist ot s ties of the Committees that was the ground of the „let taspension, nor the :lumber of the disturbers, who wete.few, s•peaking toinnarativelY thee' with die general ? i ris, I° Yatty ; het not absolutely few ; but the great Jar Point was, that tli,,:se %vete working and coinniuni, cos "ling, and that their co-operation could not be too id b , ittl(Aly watched and guarded against in a \Var like :Itio n this, He allo we d O , how ever , t h at i n all wars like It ff f n tha t in which w e were at pre,etit engage d , w h ere ao he same. materials may be brought to hear on us at vil", lonle acid abroad, the same premises would lead E''' in th e Lime conclusion, and he would net be fili gt unu lanlY as CO deny that the same neces.e/ 3 : ' sitY.,,'"Cid Ib' pro ei ,y suggest. the !same measures. sor e s'o e ....: , oostortunes of the times rendered this t, COatte tleCeStar i i th e oni „ s. , •I's and sad experience proved it Was rle 3. dio one. T Hon Gentleman should o nly flien. , f ore e xcuse hi m for acting on the same prole'. si'l I ) " ' Ples on wi • b . ucil he had formerly acted with hint, and ;o'l. i n Y ti w i l ',ich the Country had been preserved. But if ly tl r !Wu, sun • . • !lop, Gentle 4 ' lilted him more than another in the ~ J r , st , rai l ~nlan's Speech, it was the extraordinary ' ll.' l ' It I sAtelne ut of what had been said of the state of w ile -eo n d T i ti n •• le Hon. Gentleman who had made this s n arl tlJn, and those who supported it, were: assailed !col l' • ii , b tie sanie weapon, the same clumsy dilemma, 3C'' W1(41 Wilk!) the Hon Gentleman had,been formerly c''' s l'or,114c111;v1len he r tho g tight ..with himi.a . nd which . he eti',l g r e ats co wit h . so much, ease, it - was said,•' - the 01. , Part of f the Country was well affected f if the it te treat e . • 0, i, dial(}' of tl3O .gauntry was svellsnifreected, ...the r h l . of , hate of the w ° 11 : I d he of no 'avail.; if any other 0 • 10 1 on the I . coot:try was held forth, it-. was a libel : ! ~0 te, a r' r .: ), ; ;. 1 1, ,, ,v et the whole people. This was tire hi r..Q th e / . 1 aP.ot, if it could he so called, with whith d iet s 01...a:rabic c f r o 2"..sailed, Yentlernan had been ' himself , f ,, and which he had so easily baffled.— ,000 ' ere w as „ o d4 afrcO ed main ly reason to hope that the cute'dis -11 eis„, eli i w o uld by this time have had their eyes 0 e st „ mt . th at . those who had been carried off by a% t.„_ ItUtlOnal frenzy would have been cured of 4,jeti i b ctr ne n t oest . , d . tryO e VO)Uti on i , that seeing the fruits the French ,i t s etio neh ~ h ad produced, they would have got oel h a oof that liberty which had yielded only such ,gf , nett!' pr o d r , if relir,j r , t let ; that if any, from the impulse of hot' I n . n, we re glr, I tat tleo . Prompted to seek a change in the . esta. :11. I ri It was not possible for any Catholic CD V II ilten to 4tl 03, aft er the ,j,suggestion from France, on that head, t hint glop, ~,,ru c k!ry the French had made of all Reli itilo whi ch tlio pairtictilarly after the late transaCtion, it: o r i 0 , esnapeilede Catholic Religion had been itnpiotisly . ',.",00 ra ta laii,f,cd eu consecrate anti sanciion a power, 1 . by the hand that had profaned ir, ;1110 -liK 1 0 b i , 'i.q ; l 'hieh 1 e Hoped from dla the worse than bondage' ,tit b 14 (1 been Y th e ab. , , Introduced by Republican fraternity, gloss! kiip. " del tY of Jacohinisto and die avowed Des ri" ' uf the ,!1 r !! " wh erev er ~. . present Government of France, . t 0— e c'uld h e cus Influence cold reach, that none c lot 'rant wi th so d mad enough to seek alliance pteg 4'llars htip oted , 80 much mischief*. But was it to be ti. Ills o that there was no minority in a part of 1 ,;• - e„ le • I} e, Pitt N A , • • ~I,io w et to i lndissolubly united, and he hoped `,,,,,,;J w icked „ 4 ` ,separated, which was still weak and °ll.' -nogh lie ii, u, .0 0. Gen., to cultivate such a connexion' Did , t ten th e e ,. "Man ever forge t w hat he had said no' tn. .e oisaff ci ; tieJ :14ity , r tLxcd f ew had talked a:, if they had a ''' jt 4 (1 14 by 1: , fie said they were not a majority, but '• ' Okl a ' ""ids and i , jl4 , r late t o ~,_ t• ainotou3 minority, wishing to ) 1 .0 ,0 )r Oed , th :"e majority ; did he not recollect he had .01 ' 1 (44 t "thing should prevent the pretended iiri'lk,,,,, iOlictatinYt.ol:l,t,ieland,whielt was really a niajority,from , toi, Q -. ~I nere was no one principle on which the 0 no totieman i/ 1/ , , (11fli tt , aicd then that did not apply now. I4 er e i ilb ,co that 'rebind, being more distar,t, Was .t,eill ' l't)w e ' 'c to b 1 ' '' iit g ~,, rs, than „, ct le s c e ne of an abuse of great I f "er !tome l lt those powers were to be exercised IP° f' , 'eat i,„ it was certain , therefore, that if 0. 41 ' l'os'e r '""a l eadprevail e d in the exe rc is e I 4 , : , u. , I 41 rea 3 or "'Alt t'Y granted, the House.: ought to be more o AlPl i :"'lt if of intrustir r re i t . e isa ,, ~. •i„ . them at such a distance,— tI . ste la ~, neetion existed, and, above all, if o kt ti ailir ient o t on by the F.2nenay as the means 0.0",,, g t ' i ; t :kii u :!' , a'.',cl facilitating his designs to our sic. ve'' 'Jo lt . liic distanee rend' -I safety of 1 les„. .t v b e ., c . ire, the i te' , .• u s i .i.„ .i , t gh t t :.,"), Xtreltlely precarious, its safe. re' Iv ' ~,x t u 6.e nilre particularly provided f0r,......_ t,,s, as to t oPte was I - handy . 7 . I . ii A ti ., h, ~ •t ie lll WOW 1 the power e li t:::, r ir s :: o y il : it in rc le! di .1t was said the Lord Lictite. 1 . 1 , 4 61 , !Iti on . In et the inildeat. and roost humane , !). ley s ilatu the most 46 'lit to , t Pies . • • . ,t, and constitutional be. *I, ott that he was so nobody could deny. ti t , - 1 3 4 • : t'i' trit etc rite iii :tiy eleu.we.ver, that this Was. n'o argument, .rite, , t, t tnad e 0. ,' ••salty, tt granting the `Sospension . i l..tasi tt , ,2 1 4 t• Ile agreed it was not • but if the jl' 1,' , 4 0 ,,,' was established it w ' . ' '4' -•- P,. I ' 4 l l ) e r wo u l d . ' 'a a Satia.llo.l that I ,ft e ,.. 4 W I. o et n Ili _ ... nut be abused ; and this argument f t .A - 4 1 :, n th e & s e . " .. he I-10n,. Gentleman, wlien he 67 -: .ti,"' t tattl e z a - me 1141 e with him, 'embarked in the 0I; ti tt St . itUti on 'Z i r d .: ' , l le - sere;pre ' 6 , l v :.t)si; In t h e tne,-fl.titt foundations of Civil SO.* ' 41, Y woe notoriet • y of the, 'principal fatis.in. (l e ' rtit'Stt. irl4—Peill4GUS, and it ina . y be attende d with jo t!' td. , t e st, as t „ „ , . ,_, •rign3 f'' sile informants's, 0V the .fit tig . '"e t oh 4f !Ito I , : i err ... .. . ~,Fr .j ii,,i' XIOn wa '. •') ) anti the links by which , • Ar,d, .i 3 inaantrtincd with the disaffeCt.ed t t . 1 ... ; 1,;;;;etel (will:oilier phatirt,icuil.,te de,.," is emu not b e d r ,,, j4,i iri the 4 O le i f, 4dtf ilug ' the destruetion of the .k e (1.._, n, wititior), He I I o t ? ! tso i , a " , tetn en to , tat , every reliance ~. rt b. cki ~. • 't ) COMPOSed that. !louse ; o / wf' i r'' - rs , Ots se cs '• ilea th . • . ;Joe .;o;rll3ted with ase G 'lves 'Ol vtlfeta mtl ' he brqtt-ah; 1 , 1 I in question, there was a tendency. td a conilia be. twcen duty and feeling, of the event" of which few could be secure. For himself, and for those who acted with him, he preferred relying on broad reason to sheltering himself under an in quiry, which, though it would afford more than the proofs required, would be inconsistent, aml probably detrimental to the public service. With respr to the notices given of this measure, the first was given early, for a day some time passed, in the hope, that though there was a great deal of prior business be. fore the House, it would all have been gone through in time to allow this to come forward as it was then proposed. The delays this business had expe. riended had occasioned the delay of this. The possibility of calculating the precise time when the prihr business would have passed the House, was the reason why a day was, not fixed after . the first postponement ; and the reason it was brought forward now again, was, because the period of the expiratioa of the existing Ad was so near.— Having thus endeavoured to explain, frankly and plainly, the grounds of the measure, and the reason of the proceeding's' with respect to it, he trusted he had satisfied the House of the propriety of agreeing to the Motion, and given a sufficient answer to the arguments of its opprinents. Mr. WlNDifililif rose in explanation. In sup. porting the Hon. Beronet'a amendments he by no. means intended to assert, that he should oppose the original measure, if, on inquiry, it should be deemed necessary. When he said that the disaffeetion of a' few - was immaterial provided that the majority were loyal, he did not mean to state, that such were the existing circumstances, but merely, that if such were the case, the'disaffeetion of the few could not produce many mischievous effeda unless the majority were disaffeded. Mr. FOXsaid, that if the Right Hon. Gentleman was serious in the propositions laid down in his speech, he must Say, that they contained the most alarming principles he hail ever heard within the walls of that House—principles far more alarming than these in which tiis Hon. Friend near him had concurred when ineunion with that Right Hon: Gentleman, pot because they were of a different natare, but because they went so far beyond them in extent. The Right Hen. Gentleman had described the dilemma to which he was pleased to say he had formerly been reduced, by the arguments of those who opposed his measure, as a clumsy one. He said, it was asserted by them, that if the greater part of the people be loyal, a measure calculated to repress disloyalt,y was a libel upon such, a people ; and, on the other hand, if the greater part be dis aaded, the measure would be useless. But such a statement had never been made without some quali. fication. N man would be absurd enough, or rather mad enough, to deny that the truth of it depended in a great degree upon the weight of the majority.— And what had we been told this evening by Gentle. men who represent Counties in Ireland ? That they were as loyal as any county in England, Here was a comparison made : they were not satisfied with asserting the positive loyalty of the country, hot insisted that it was as loyal even as England. When' the Right Hon. Gentleman alluded to the opinioni of his Hon. Friend, as expressed by him when in 1 Administration witle„him, he should have reeolleded the very different situation of the country- ,, sa situa. titan which, though it did not, even then, in his opinion, justify so strong a measure as th e Stapes). sioroof the H a b eas ' C orpus A e t , was certainly 'much more perilous than the present. The Right lien. Gentleman, in the progress of his hostilities ageinst the liberties of his country, and with a view to per_ spade us to a Suspension of one of its greatest defences, reminded us, that we were at war with an Enemy who entertained the deepest designs against our Constitution and Independence. He really did not recolleCt, in his reading or experience, any of our enemies whose views were not similar: We are told that Enemy has actually a fleet in readiness to invade Ireland: allowing this to be the fad, although he participated in the leelingi of his Han, Friend, who had spoken in such terms of, tenderness of I re . land, he could y et not h e l p feeling as great tenderness and attachment to Great Britain; now if this prepa. ra:ion be a sufficient ground. to warrant the &Ten aion of the Habeas' Corpus in. Ireland; why not plead it as a Sufficient ground to warrant the Suspension in Great Britain ? • Have not the Enemy a fleet ready, to invade this Country at present, and has not that fleet been preparing for many months,? With re. gard to the danger to be apprehended from their at. tempts, there might he a variety of opinions ; some might estimate it seriously, and others consider it as trifling: - but the Country would recoiled, that the Right Hon. G ent l eman , i n spea ki ng of the pro. bability of Invasion, bed expressed the strongest orrilelion of its existence, and that the threateninga of the Invaders had in consequence been expeded to be carried into execution from day to day, and hem week to week. Would the 'Right Hsm. Gentle. man maintain, that the:Enemy were in' greater haste to'come to Ireland ? From the sentiments that had been that evening expressed by Gentlemen from that Country,, and in the absence of the information which the Hon. Baronet's Amendment was calcit. hated to obtain, he had a right to presume, that the prOportien of disafFeaed persons in Ireland was small indeed, and therefore that no great additional inducement to the Invaders existed on that ac. count. If the principl e were once laid. down, that a s tat e of War, accompanied (as it always must be) by a disposition on the'part of rite Ene. my to attack. our Independence and Constitution, and the existence of a small number of disafFeded persons in the country, were sufficient grounds for suddenly suspending ,the Habeas Corpus Ad, With. otit entering into an inquiry as to the necessity of the measure, we might as well at once bid adieu to the' Habeas Corpus, and with it bid adieu to the noblest guardian of the liberties of this country. The Right Hon: Gentleman bad maintained, t h at the not or i ety o f ex i st i ng c i rcu mstances, without any special investigation, seat e sidficient cause fully 'to justify the Suapension; and that when the Suspen sion was last 'continued, such continuation had been acceded to on tither ground t indeed he had al. most hazarded the assertion, that such would 'ever have been censidered a sufficient ground. During the 'Reigns of Queen Ann, and of George the lyrs4.and George. the •Second,' only three Suspen s;;.ss of the Habeas Corpus ha Itod taken place, as - Ose had not been alleitVed untii.e stria examine •tion of the circumstances that called for them had been entered into, and were then only permitted to continue foiaa very shOrt time ; and yet - Was there a war froM the Revolution- to the Treaty-of Aix. la-Chapelle, in which the Enemy had made repeated attempts to subvert the Constitution of Great Britain, and to dethrone the Princes of the Bruns wick line. Soon after the commencement of the late War with France, the Right Honoura ble Gentleman had intimated the necessity of having recourse •to a measure. of this sort, in order to repress the growing spirit of discontent and turbulence. In every speech from the Trea. sury Bench, the danger which attended the rapid progress of the innovating principles of French De mocracy was loudly proclaimed ; but notorious as they asserted it to be, the Administration did not venture, on the ground of that notoriety, to propose the Suspension of the Habeas Corpus AA, without- previously referring the subjed to the investigation of a Committee of Inquiry. Even the Right Hon. Gentleman him Self, who certainly did not see the notoriety less acutely that his Colleagues in office, advised the House nut to go upon vague grounds, nor trust to general descriptions of danger, but to submit the evidence of the existing circumstances of the Country to the serious examination of a Corn. mince of Inquiry.• A Committee was accordingly instituted, who made a Report (it was not neces. sa'ry for him to state just now, whether or not in con formity td his otainioo) recommending the Suspension of the Helical Corpus At as a necessary measure at that critical jundure. It may be said, that when the continuation of the Suspension was deter. mined on by that House, no Committee was ap. pointed to investigate the necessity of such a step, but that the House proceeded on the general know. ledge which they possessed of the stated the Coon. try. He did not contend for the excellence of this precedent. He then considered, and he still consi. tiered it, as pregnant with danger to the Constitution; but in estimating the charader of that proceeding, it ought nut. to be forgotten, that it was instigated on the spur of the occasion,and at a time when the delay of a day was,asserted to be replete with danger.— When; at that time, it was asked, what were the causes that required such a strong measure to be adopted with so much. precipitation ? and when it was demanded that a Committee should be ap. Isottited to inquire into the sufficiency of those causes, the answer was, that the necessity had be. come so urgent that not a moment ought to be lost, and that the achy - which the investigation by a Committee must necessarily occasion, Would be at. tended with the most imminent peril to the Country. Not being preseric at the time, he only reported the proceedings as they, were related to him. On these grounds the 'Suspension was reluctantly acquia esced in, with a full confidence that, 'es-hen a pro. per time came for examination, the causes:which' induced Government to press it thps strongly, would be amply detailed. This 'detail, however, had never been afforded. -Since that period eighteen months had elapsed. In the beginning of the pre. sent Session 'an Honourable Gsntleman had given notice of mntiorr for the continuance of the Sus pension of the Habeas Corpoe and of Martial Law in Ireland. Soonafter this notice Wei given up on account of the pressure of public business. The latter part of therintentled Motion would, he hoped, never he again introduced ; but even of the former part, how could any, one suppose, that when three weeks before the expiration of the present Bill for the Suspension, the notice for moving a continuation of it was apparently abandoned, it would be again suddenly taken up a fortnight before the expira. tion, and pushed forward svidt so mach indecent ha ste ! It would be better to pass one short ACt to all o w the Executive' Government to suspend she Habeas Corpus whenever they in their wisdom might think it expedient. so to do. They might then come down and tell the Members of that [louse, of give up your funCtionsa we have no 'further oc. cation for you I" He must not be understood to me a n that the Suspension of the fiabeai Corpus was never necessary ; it may be necessary, but it can only be necessary for a short time, and it is always liable to great abuse, On w h at had been: stated by an Hon. Gentleman with re g ard to the eliarader of the present Lord Lieu. tenant o,f Ireland, he was sure he need make few observations,' The Right Honourable CHA NC e o f t he ExcorQueit had indeed allowed, that the vir t ue of any men could not obe urged as a rea son for giving thim. unlimited power, but merely, in the necessity of giving him that.. power,- as a consolatory assurance that :he would "not allure it, It was a common and welt known theory in po. Ii tics, that the strongest cove:111)=c is best if the power vested in that .Government be not-abused. It certainly was not his opinion, but it had been thought by-many, that the mo a t absolute and despot tic Monerchy would be much .superior- to any. .other :tenon. of Government were the charaCter of : rate Monarch himself completely virtuous, We were, heweeer, it seemed, to tolerate this tranfer of :rlatost.unlimited power in 'the epreSent. instance, not alone because the possessor was yietuous, but also because it was convenient. The Constitution r 'says, " dread abuse." It a t ten d s not to the charader of the person to whom ahto power of ,committing it is given, and for this plain reason-ae (Mr. Fox here deprecated any intention of insi. euating observations derogatory from the cha. react- of the present Lord LientenantogainSe whom, notwithstanding, lie certainly had some cause for cmplaint.) If the measure he Hght e if it be npecessary to trust, confidence must he placed ; but placed not on account Of the virtue of the person so trusted, hut on account of the necessity of the con. fidence. If the measure be not eight, if it in.: velvet in it an' investment of power, the abuse of which is dreaded, and which necessity does not demand, trust no one, nut even Lord Haan- The dread oft abuse ought not to Ili conlieded .with any opinion of personal charader, but with the cumstanees of the cffice. 'if the Right Hon. Gentleonan persisted in carrying .for. ward this Bill, he,wished he would have the good. nees to inform th; Houses when its Operation - Was' intended to cease He did not rano the date of the ekniretion, but under wbat citCumnances it soould-he deemed ruiteit to -dispense with its eon., tiaueoce, Was ir iikeiy 19 cc aie What thc-pre. • sent czar with Fiotnee ?—Were he to irtr.7 , l:: efe , e „- pion on the subject, he shrld l'oink it likely that, insteadpiceOating e iti Ireland, it senali be extended to Great.,Yriteiel. The charetter ;,;. e t views ef France would probably not undergo any sudden or ,material change ; 'and what better test Could be given of the tranoillity of Ireland, than .the assurances which the House h a d t h et evening heard from the lips of several of the most re. pettable Representatives of that country. And yet it was to these two circumstances, the hostility of France, and the disaffedion of Ireland, that the Right Hon. Gentleman attributed the neees. sity for the Suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act. It had been asserted, as a collateral reason for - continuing the Suspension, that the Enemy kept up a constant correspondence with the disaff'!Oed in Ireland, and that a Committee was established in Paris for the express purpose of giving facility to their communications. If by these means the French find that they can deprive :the Irish of their, privileges and their liberties, we shall not mom hear of the dissolution of this Committee. Intre... turn for the fears which h e h a d expressed lest the Suspension might be extended to Great Bri_ taro, he might perhaps be told, that he need be ue. der no apprehensions on that head; but was it not evident, was it not a degrading truth, that we de pended for our liberties solely upon the gobd opi nion that a IVlinister Might happen to entertain at the moment of the elisposition of the majoritr of the people? Jr has bee n asserte d , that the power delegated . t o the Irish GOvernmenteahad not bee n abused,' Some fans, had 'come to his knowledge from which a contrary inference might be draWn; but he would not et present dwell upon' this subjett Were the Amendment proposed by the Hon. Baronet acceded to, the, House might; perhaps, he put in postession of better and more extensive information. One case, however, he would beg leave to mention, which was Abet of Mr. Todd, Jones, who, he understood, oh. mere suspicion, bad been immured for.l6.(tionths loathsinne dungeo n , a punishment which must be considered as severe" Were it inflieled.on the, convittod perpetrator of a crime. He believed there were other instances of a similar description. 'He knew that in the'natore of things it was impossildeesuo enormities sho u ld not occur e allowing *to as. fulf`an extent as could be desired, the virtue . of the Lord Lieutermant, and of the Secretary, still, where ebsolute power was possessed, there may be some inelivials, in ettbordi. nate Official Situations, who might' be guilty of aOs, the recital of which would make their'supe_ riors shudder. Mr. Fox concluded, by earnestly hoping, that the House would not agree to the proposed continuation of the Suspension, of the Habeai Corpus AO "in Ireland without the, most clear and unevivocal- proof of the -absolute. ne. cessity. for such aetneasure, ;and. without demon.. strating, to the satisfaelion of the people of both countries, that they were determined not tamely to surrender their liberties into the. hands of Govern.. , ment, without cause, Without inquiry, and without hesitation. ' Sir EVAN NEPEAN insl merely to correel error into which the fforre Gentleman had been he. frayed in speaking of the treatment received by Mr. Todd Jones. He was also informed,- that the; usage Me. jones - hed experieneed was by no means severe, or itt any reeved otherwise theta what' it ought to have been.' Mr. FO„ understood he had been treated with 'Audi harshneis and severity. Lord DE B AO UIERE observed, - that the • E. - Too. Gentleman , who had just set dowu had given ro the sentiments of his non. Feiteed, on the present State of Ireland, a ceastrt4.2o which they would: ' not fairly bear. They had never asserted; that th'e whole of :Ireland was as loyal is the. whole of 'Erg. land, hut that certain Provinces. were 50... Uister, l'or instance, the' inhabitents'of which- were certain ly as well disposed to :the existing Government as; those of any County in England whatever.. The Honourable Gentleman had. allueled to whist h e wa ' s , ple as ed to team the precipitation with which, the, Bill for Suspending the Habeas Corpu s .Act land was carried through Parliament in July. ii;o3,,s Ile would just recall the . atteneie n , or; the House- toe time cireumatances of the time. Antecedently toe— that period, application had been made to Govern..a • • ment, requesting, for the security of the well. affsCted, that a Suspension of the Habeas Corpus. might be procured ; but the Ministry, aduated by motives of delicacy, not aware of the extent of the danger, anti anxious to infringe the .liberties e g e h e. Subjet as little as possible, refused their vonour fence. What followed The - Rebellion ' , An the mean eime o the GOveroment having become.sensie . ble of the necessity of the measure, brought forword the - Suspension:of the Habeas Cerpus .and tained for it the sanetiott Ot Perliatneht, with a xtalotts exertion for which they- were entitled to ` r ifle oa l oa.e 9 c . e eer y :Friand"of ; rid i t wets In"? Het was convioeef.l, and h is es o - be the firm opinion of many 'Gtintlemen iwituately, aequainted -with Ole internal pDlitic3 of thAt COOO - that. had, the . Stispensih n taken pi tee' 0011 CT.. :the Rebellion .Woultenever have burst firth. It was infinitely better to present pilt than to pu. rash it. He was desirous, by rep': theorea.— sonable attempts of theeturbelent a , d faction ; of the ComMunity in:lreland, to secetre to the lel al • sand well.effetaed the enjoy Of tit hap. piness. Mr. SHERIDAN" ex.lkined the IT4Silstli induced hits to vote for ,cll ~4 Suspension of the Flheas Corpus A in it v July,- 1803. ' The urgency of the occo,lioo, built as stated in His is4stjzsiyis lviess3l;,l- to the fllnsey and as evident in itstif, was his only trttytivr, for (L.). ir.g so .wirhout detront.lir.g a pre-vious Inquiry. Mr. ALEXANDER was surprised that .any Gentleman sh„,.)oki assert, that there exi• - itcd n c,:lut,e in Ireland f or t h e Suspension of . r c: Habeas Corp.us 'Mt. He bled that in. the North of Leland,, the people were,'in general„ loyal ; hut still lurked 41,1 , 10 Pg them; and if not kept down by the strong hand o power, would soArt brec-itycloo formidable for opposition. An-111n. Gentleman had alluded to the period of Irish History,. during the reigns of tile 12tlier Princes of the Bru:wick when t 4 Suspension of the Habeas Core. pi Mt firs took place, and had comparca thAt