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foted.oonertrit o-ollon,4besie, eontetsur.n.,..
little "emporium its froporio"--a kind of eitella
si ve esti net out aie vele sdner ine leißeelassi !Wed
authority, whorish *a • lord it over their' &Bow.
countermen t and these are the Gentlean'et who
wished to Ines up with their addressee to roe throne
a foe wiesents.,of devotion to the Afieniters;
for they calculated, and. perhaps. no, unwisely,
that these 1/4.4 of addresses were of too milk-and-
. water an .1111 rto afford the hiiisistv r. my nutriment.
—tifese. keer.)—uThe 'people of Ireland are natu-
ndly a boy f plink, and they, sow esp. ct 'hat it is
'be inte t of 'their Sieteveign to yin' then. If
he alioold •.0 110. he Me no doubt hi. Aisj sty
iseadd its. • that rmensos affection .•..d loyally
.which see a neigly-itheeeMentsed hi. ..oteutry
but the!• is one thistle he must say, that
if it w 3 snide to. metre an weenelnient to
that info., • , be afraid himself beg leave to
move, it a.. nen his Mogesty was hell-see over,
hoeing! *,• g avestaly•planed to totatviehis Mi-
nisters.. ee Iry .a [Leed Imighter wooed, elwer:
lag folio e- delivery of this exnreinion, which
Cooties • seal minate.]-11 auy thing could
ookusee to Ireland, it would be muse rem-
taory proceselie.e f that vort,—.(Hear.)—.But at &I
Ciento, r. was •.. him a matter of satisfaction, that
bin Pak- t aoislillmve sn opportunity of witneasites
'dal Miff • ue.r. . rho vittees of that distracted
nouorry ; fa. h•- woad find that' a mere brave, or
generous. or 1 yal, or eifettienate profile there did
not et 1.11.. (11 which he could more safely
depieal.—(t seers.) eireald Conclude with this
observation, that the Ministers of the Crown now
resisted thi. application, when a similar one had
been acceded to by the lush Parliament, it would
lead,aeseet mate' hilly to alienate the *jetties's and
itowildeisce of the people of lrelaisd ham the Par.
dissent of Eeplowd.—(Lewd (thorn.)
• lilt Btu, (Measlier for DeWitt) then rear.
Be marl, no man more sincerely lamented than lie
?ka the traissactions that *marred in Deblinwood be
GORate4l them the more, because from ibe situ,-
tumia which he was placid on that ill-Fated day,
he was called on to perform • duty which he
%mold have most willingly dispensed with. He
was present at that meeting, and *although wholly
.nascnpainted with the Sheriff, he thought pro-
per to address hies a letter; mid he should ems.
Wm it a bare desertion of his public deity if he
slid net state the contents of this letter 'to the
'Home, as well as the circumstances that were with.
in his own knowledge. The [louse had heard the
,Putiiian read. and for be it from his to impute
*a .the petitioners soy intention of premeditated
soistrepresentation • but this much lie limit say, that
• the tranyections that had gavial ed had received such
e,rahtnring as was calculated to mislead thefiame,
eland e of the state...nil seafertenate/y were not
in fact, for he was quite sum there could
not be found in any county of Ireland a Sheriff
telmthle of such a violent artiste ea the liberties
of the people as those which that Petition imput-
ed to the Sheriff of Dublin. He was ',resent on
that eccaston, and as an eye winless lie could as-
flare the House that all the statements are over-
charged, and more than that, there were many
things den took place previous to the meeting
That have been 'purposely kept out. He was quite
sure the Noble Lord who presented the Petition
would not have conceded them if he were ac-
quainted with them. Bei he hoped that no
ouch maitre could have infleeseed them in giving
their Petition to that Noble Lord to present, its
preference to their natural Iliopsteensitivea. wisp
must have been acquainted with the circamotancee.
It are to him a complimentary tribute. bat cer-
tainly sot greater than be deserved. But be was
afraid it was attributable to other motives. They
thought, and perhaps they were righi, that coining
from turn it would carry more weight and lull ureic,
theft from any of their Irish Member., sad they err-
taint,. could not have pieced it in better hard., than
in there of a Nobleman whose name was coma-elect
with all that wits dear to the liberti.s of England,
nod whose private character and virtues shed far
ranee lustre oii him than any title, no matter how
ancient, or any name, no matter how illustrious.
(Mow, hear.)—But there were circumstances con-
Meted 'with that meetingewhich had previously oc-
curred, that had been iftrpt out of view. A meet-
ing wairbeld to take measures to oppose the meet-
ing, and the Sheriff, apprehensive of same disturb-
suer. had ordered the police to be in atteadmce.
Placards were circulated of a most inflammatory
Hittite, and on the day in quertion the metropolis
poured forth its counties. multitudes, in addition
to the ourneroos•poeulation of•the county. He
felt himself bound to say, in jnotice to the Sherd?,
that lie heard the amendment put, but he must
Alm have the candour to admit, that he did not
Mar. negatived. Had he been in the place
or, the tuar, it is probable be would not
hive aster as he had dup.>, bet it did not follow
from thiO he was wrong. There was ins qiiestir,i,
more difficult to decide than where relevancy end-,
said where irrelermicy begins.—(Hear, hear, from
the Oppoiitioe.)--That must always dewed on the
inteinlity of the speaker. and be regulated by the
sagicity of the h But if a Cleatlealaii not
ptufersionalli• educated h.ppen to make an error,
ore rue thercioie to conclude that he acted from
corntpt motives ? Was lie, therefore, be reviled
and calumniated, dragged to the bar of that
finnee,and held Rion the execrannoof the country,
wlthosii any ground fur such an iMpaiiitiOU ? Thir
Sheriff declared, when the business wai concluded,
that the• Meeting was dissolved ; mutt rettueserri that
every loyal, men. won le quit the Color,. He then
libe. ()toeing would not disperse, relled.tne
iii,ricefreqqgnOga and its a tone that respossiod
through the hot.. Mueller the police did not hear
Idini it! *hedger:they consident d theenualaw amok.
`i"*,l4 ":1 the bolt, hecnoid• no. say. liewower lb v+
nude 4^ reply. The SS-tiff again relented-44,0f
wyal
.into would quit tile, Hall. 10. (Mr. $4•44
91.0 Of ilteml, s,. ',A hot tokomfoterpara.
c91011.0"..t ..mai it fm.filt.oito.katoydriler. We-
•.vrtt Itf ItAthe nothnrits of theollier: who ortetl.o4n
.14Mient, that there .was no,viedastriflle
er indireCtly, applied to the Nelda C That

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eadrates. Aadtwist, 414 .*.v Ind there
Thy found a *ld iflie mi ratt• liou—• peo-
ple devoted to t .e IM; and oi
to emottaebed_to
'coribriturhm,aird'ohispte fjrMithl'atil
sores* it. Bat they Ad isot Mid them ti at blun-
dering retrosf‘r tripe% thriltavr been atatePotall.
not,te,h ta isaatiatinate Iroatota the Sove-
reign ..d .hoe Ilioirioro. There 'silo« I Omi