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London, England, 1819-03-04 00:00:00

SCOTCH HU RG HS.

Ir. iit'nE ',rem:Wed a 16; litsua front the inhabi-
t no. Ftag.,, 1003 log for u reform in the Scotch
in.—Ordered to he tot the table.

LUSLIN %ND JURY ASSUSSUENTS-INTENDED
GAOL.

Mr. Sit Att moved Inr the copy of a Memorial
prase sot d by the (7itizeiss of Dublin to the Lord
utehaist, on Ilse subjce•t of the Grand Jury
; uhn, f a copy of a letter written by Alder-
r, of Dublin, to the Right Honourable
1'1486s on the subject of u new gaol. The
I Joit.oiroble Gentleman bald, that those documents
%%mild shew the I I close the heavy amount of the
GrandJur u.bestolo-ists ; and the letter of Aldertnar.
%% enter would go t.t drst eeeee str.tte that the eal/elll4e
.1 ll.e tote-toted uer. gaol waa altogether unneces-
sary, sod erstaitily no iiimec y expense should
be put Oil the Clt Zeus of Dublin, who were so
1, um- I al;r to bear it.
Ms. LusitiNGioN sugge.ted, that it would be
t II to u..it (o► the urn vai of Me, Gram.

Air. SHAW said, Ihal Alr. Grant had no objec-
t.oris One I otbr 6hUU
L.r. L L iIiTT bUlds that I.e did not think dint an

improper time to state tltlir Muse a clicumslanre
which was lettilifily itf a very seliall4 nature, and
which, in lips Mind, reflected sin small discredit and
disgrace on flitter clowernell. Ile loot tie state to the
!louse, that t gaol of New gate, lii cnii!:tl”•
liog it vast iii,enher of priciners, and those almost ex-
clusively of the Catholic religion, has been for a very
considerable time without any regtil4f ClllllOlllll.
Of all persons most in want of the cmisolatonis of
religion, and of the wirier and tel 1111 l of
spiritual directors, those toia..t want thew whc have
beets I ;;ht by guilt or misfortune to he the
cheerless solitary iultatotaot% of a gaol ; yet the
priocipal gaol of the metropolis of lielaial was
at this moment, and hod lwrii for a coositlerilde
time. without the appoilitisient of a Zirrgyntan.
Ile slid slot know who was answerable for this—
whether the thaw! Jury, or the Sheriffs of f)irls-
lin ; but sure he was. that it W.ll a crime against
society, against and against morals. The
Douse, he said, umihl easily conceive the sad ef..
frets of a !loge pr.rou deprived of all religious in-
fluence, and all moral control. Who could con-
template the situation of au ppy pri-oner, con-
denoted by the law to pay the last irmalty of
his crime 4 by undergoing the senteuce of death—
who could see him without horror, in that hour of
mitten., citified thr 01'1%0i:16011S that tt-gtoti nitglit
afford tone ? Sueli might be the situation of the
unhappy r romools its Nevi ow, had it not been for
the attendance of humane and pions clergymen,
whose conduct wile WI creditable In them, though
tint at all to the (;noul Jury of the ('its of
I)iiblin. That holy had first selected to fid this
important (Misr, a permit a lin had been disqua-
lititd by the Filpetioni of his I 7litirch, from Alai-
oting a CHl,llOlll.* Priest. They next eelecivil
two individuals in the remote parts of lit-land,
one of tlwni residing in the City n 1 Limerick,
upwards of oae hundred miles from Dublin, and
a person of the ham,. of GI of whom they had
hr: d sometlitog before, litid wittily o1)-et Viii, that
the appointment wits not an unreasonable one, for
the clergyman might travel from Limerick to Dub-
lin to officiate. The I:rand .furl' had made a
fourth appointment.—they selected it person to per-
farm these sacred duties, who was horn of r.-fogee
parents, silk) we. 11111,1:Ohrf 114111/Mla of the lan-
guage, who had never been in Ireland before, 1111(1
was l'H•t by occident on its shores, on going,
to South America. The House would ere that
this was not a tit person to regulate the morals
of the prism:et,. They would see how cau-
tiously the fitaild Jury avoided making a va-
lid appointineoi. They appointed individuals
who were not capalde ur quialified to till that sacred
situation, hut they passed over those who were—
they appointed persons iii Loneitek who could not
till it, but tlwy passed over persons in Dublin who
could—they appitilited a wanderer and a straliger,
who was Ignorant of the hog nage and the manner.
of the prison, lint they passed over the respectable
resident priest., who vuluotarily officiated. It was,
lie said, the. first (hay of the Goveritimmt to afford
to the people, to particulady to dove in prisons,
the lull exescise (II their teligiott, oo matter what
that religion may be. Dere was au alluoiolmeot
which lie would call ii legal appointment, lit-cause
the law required ilia! it should be made, tlifled with
amid delayed. Ile did tot meals to impute any
thing whatever to the Irish tioverimient ; nu
blame whatever was imputed to them—they were
looked up to by the r.rople of that country ; but
lie did condemn the Municipal Authority of the
City of Dublin, whose conduct upon this trying
occasion was highly discreditable.

Mr. SHAW s•ud,. he understood there wa• some
dispute on this subject between the Grand Jury
end the Clrtgt•meu of the Diocese of Dublin ;
but that their would he an appointment
which would prose more satisfactory.
The motion of .Ir. w was th a agreed to.
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