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! anted the animadversions which '1,4 Mhr from tl
Noble Lord (Lati.terdale) resp ..1;not tee state or
heat+ fitr?denir•l the charge brought against
his 'side of the House, of attempting to revive reli-
gious anirorseities ill that country. Let the Noble
Earl name any indir'..lual wh ) si•as guilty t.f such
eondui, and institute a prov,,dielg against him,
laeltevitig. as h^ did. the -cnarge to be tt,tPlly
unto/tar:ed. he thought it harsh ant injurious to
deal out such insinuation:. The disturbances in the
.sett of Ireland had happened am'e)g•t Ili^ lowest
of the people. And w .at was the remedy whir h
His hfakot)'s la:e had :ipp!icri? Offering
them uolimi•ed commands in the army, even to
Gonrrals on the Staff. It was absurd to suppose
that such a measure would gain over 500 addi-
tional Ca'hr•iics in Ir land to the sr•rv,ce of the
army. He laments I that Ireland had been
made, a la:e years, the con • al sulijea of
party p tlitics. He eondenseet the evil turesod•
inns and apptehensions, which had been let mit
tram autharity ; and thougft, that the eoudvct
nt those who held nut to the people of Irelansi.
that England bad aard the part of an. oppressor,
was highly reprehensible. The true way of go.
♦erring was either to concede Al, or else
to tell them plainly, that it was neither polite nor
prudent, to grant more than had been already ceded
to one description of subjetia; alAi to deal oat
justice, and to spew favours equally to ail ; bat
never in complaisance to give up. behind RI
certain parrimonial inheritance, to any Noble
Families, vno mignt I ormelly have felt th.mselves
ousted. lit also advised Governmsm rot t,-.4 inter-
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fere for the sake of promoting eiedion por poses ;
nor. when notormui oati ages were corninitteJ, was
it prudent to iiislolpe a fallac;ous lenity. Let net
Goverment prosecute Protevant Gentlemen with-
out suff.c'ent grotrids, as had lately happe:ied to-
%%faith two individuals, cancer niot; whom the Judge
on the Bench had declared, that never had there
been a fouler conspiracy.
Lord HOLLAND expressed his surprise at find-
ing the Noble Lord coin:meting his disapprobation cf
tae Bill, with a charge of factions motiviA. He d• -
nied the charge, as applied to himself and his laic
colleagues . Hs passed high encomiums oh ti •
conduit pursued by tne late Lord bent 1..a0t Atha
Duke of Beatord,) arid asserted, that the late Ar.l..
ministration wiinni listen to uo hirasures which

militated' against the ge:.uine on:siots of the Con-
stitution. 11 had They discountenanced All violent
proceedings, when individuals in Ireland were fouad
in 4 state of insubordination. Toe change of
Ministers at this critical period, was injurious to
the interests of the country. he d flied the
charge, that the discassi .rt tit the present spestion
*as the bi mging of toe Monarch to the Par of the
House, or to be a' issue with the Crown, fhe free-
dom of the countre, and the soirit of the
Constitution. hinged ui.aa 7be principle tl.at the icas
could riff so wrong ; and, trom the instance of Lod
Denby, he insisted, that, whet the ihtennons cat the
Esc:wive-Government were pot into writing,
thus into a tangible shape, it VIP Ai fair to demand
wno were the secret advisers? 13 the present in-
stance, helud a right to infer that those who vie-
ceeded to ostensible and responsible *tunas's& of Go.
vermin-on )(tete so to be considered. It la is principle
were not conceded, the Constitution was go.te
ever. He de tied the distindion rootlet! a Nook Viso
count, between the King's legislative arid executive
chara:ter. Were Minist ers,wnen they c ime into offices
to give any pledge of their future advice to tlieSove-
reign. theyaeould anintelael the first principles of the
Constitution ; so Sir W,lli on Temple toll Charles
Second, that for His Majesty's Counsel:ors not to
give counsel, was more than His Majesty could de-
mand, because it involved a contradiaion. lie de.
nied the dottrine, that there was no important mea-
sure but.what must first originate with Govern-
ment.' -The measure of Parliamentary Reform, f y
the late Mr. Pitt, as well as of the Abolition of Os
Slave Trade by the late Miniver', were instances cf
praelice to the contrary. kits Lordship, in conchs-
sion, observed, that, above all things, it was the
greatest misfortune to the country to have Ministers
telt o not only made an unconstitutional pledge, hut
h ad also made a pledge against four millians of His
Msi-sty's sunken so as to shut the door against
their claims for ever.
The Earl of WESTMORELAND opposed C:e
Motion. He said, he had fallen under the displeasure
of certain Noble Lords last year, and was called to
order for mentioning the name of his !Sovereign in
terms thought by them to be disrespeanful, but how
was he to proceed upon the present occasion, when
a Noble Lord now thought proper to arraign the
Sovereign before the Public, upon a question of
right or wrong. It had been said, that a garbled
statement of confidential document; had gone
abroad ; but from whom did these accounts
come? he might as well say, they were drop-
ped from the pscitet of some confidential per-
son who might have been employed in an otn-
chit capacity ; and in such case, would it not have
been more proper to sunsuit the investigation to a
Comer oee of that House ? Having made soh se
onse-vations upon the fan of the mute of rnisunder-
standog, with retpet to the Catholic Ad. the No-
ble Fart adverted to the several other measures of
Cite Ex-Ministers, which lie insisted only went to
prove, that thy under coal two and two to ma s
tour ;ao I lOtladt.l • rung of their measures
upon justice and mercy, but could not coati:Am
wahout wane further pledges He assured t:
Haus2,thAL the present Ministry had tot been bets..o
by anypledge, but on the cootsary, were touch
mere free and unstuck:l,-d than the Noble
Lord (nlottiville) As to the doetrine that the
King can do no wrung, it was a well estnblished
promition ; but Monte Lords Wad made the guess
suns here Lobes that Its tdaje.ty, upon every occa-
sion wnatever, must have tie advice god opinion of
His Ministers this wish the Ling to have no sews
timelt or optat.,n of Lis °:,n. tits Majesty's pre-
sent Miuiants had aconite.; their oiSces without
entering into any pie tgc wh 'sever, they cos' +eyed
themselves respoosible tor every measure hantaght
before that house, and had not a thought of shrink-
ing Irons any pledge they might be notnid in, at d
were seedy to stand op Woe.: that House and d •
C.aint; y, in support of the glorious cause is who k
theb were now engaged. :should the present Ifit.ori
non succeeed, it migct, perleion be toll w.d u,
an Address to f-Its Maks- y, to )::e removal oi
utissal of Ws pssassat Ilsossters s but, Upon. ibis