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were so disaffe.aed as to preserve arms for treason*.
hie purposes, they would be apprized, by this 8.11.
of the means to evade it. The hienry of the world
as proved, that syrems of coercion were ever lo-
ad qaate to their &'jeet. For a number of years the
Highlands of Scotland were in an unceasing state&
weakness and disaffeEtion. Every thing that severity
could dee was tried intlEidually. A contrary and
a better policy converted the cause of your we .k-
-nets into the instrument of your secui ity and eh t-
rader. That great Statesman, Lord Chatham,
saw, with the perspicuity of a true politician, the
source of the evil, and his compre:tensive mind soon
provided the remedy. Conciliation succeeded to Goer-
eton,and what was before the objed of yout jealousy
and alarm, was soon c inverted into tilt means of im-
mediate union and permanent stability. But it was not
alone the policy of Lord Chatham. Whoever has
read Hanes Hittory • f the ittbeflion would find that
such a system was previously recommended by a
true Whig and friend to the Hanoverian succession,
Mr. Duncan Forbes to Lord Hay, and uy him to
Sir Robert Walpole. Sir Robert, with liberal
disposition and sagacious promptitude, proposed it
to he Cabinet of which he was a Nlemier.
Un-
forienately, he was over-ruled, and the dreadtul
ef .9 was another rebellion in Scotland. In every
e-u.stry such views and systems of policy produced
si •glee &ea,. Hungary was wall known to be
the sat--e of weakness and apprehension to the
uvanunens of Austria. Previous to the death
cf the Emperor kieph, in coi.siquence of some
constitutional infringeol -tat of his ,AUJ the opposition
cf the Hungarian Diet, the whole province was
tbrosvu into turOuleoce and confusion. Yet, scarcely
had the Eniperue Leopold ascended the thione,
and adled utmn a conciliatory and tolerating policy.
when the opposition of the Diet ceased, the disaf-
When of the people was removed, and Hungary,
under all the vicissitudes ordeal:unities t the late
unsuccessful wars, in which the C. riot LI Agana
has bees engaged, continued nut only in a state
of quiet and tranquillity, but pluvial volt a valu-
able support in blood and treasure to vie wants of
the Empire. Let Ireland, so long harassed by
dissension and miagovern.sient, have extended to
it the blessings of conciliatioo and kindness, and
analogous benefits will be the consequence ; with
such a conviiftion, and directly hostile to this unne-
cessary and wanton Bi 1, he felt it his duty to move.
" That the Cluirman do leave the Chair."
Lord HAWLES BURY was unable to reconcile
the opposition of his Noble } tiend (Holland) to the
present Bill, with his support, in the last Session, of
tne Gust-powder Bill ; a Bill certainly as oppres-
sive as the preseat, if, under such circumstances,
either coati be considered as oppressive; but,
whoever considered Ole state of Ireland—whoever
read in the Irish papers of occurrences which had
taken plain in that country, arising, if not from
political causes, certainly from the uncivilized state
of the lower orders, must admit, that ►uet, a measure,
though not necessary as a NU a.ureot political regula-
t was much wanting as a measuie of In.°
the eat naive line of observation taken by the Noble
Lord, it was, in his opinion, unnecessary to follow ;
but at the same time he would say, that his Noble
friend was ant happy in the illustrations which be
bad made, nor correct in the liter elites which he had
deduced. f le appeared to forget theperiodia which the
disatfectioe of the Highlanders first manifested
it.elf, the cause of that disaffetSion, and, above all
the interval of time which took pl..ce betwein. the
rwanuestaiinn of WAS CillpUS4loll, tai d the stseaswn
adopted by that great eh:trader, Lord Chatham.
From the period of the Union, the spirit of ah.ta.
reason was prevalent m that count, y, and its objet
was the attachment to the Pretender ; and per-
haps ttie best proof of those suing, but salutary
power s of legislation, which tend to overawe mu-
tinous and TeUelhOUS disposition, was b:st exem-
plified in the progres►ive state of Scotland, from
the period when they were first eluded, to the time
of their repeal. Certainly tilers were oche: reasons
*loch led to the tranquillity of Scotland. There
WAS no transferring of its alleged grievances
to a British t louse of Parliament. rile Cattle
of the disaffected or the discontented was not hen.
died as an instrument of opposition, because the
source of Scotch disaledion, era. an attachment
to the Pretender, was also treason in Engia nil. It
was impossible to deny that a Al. astir. like the pre-
sent, not new in principle, against which no abuse
had been proved, was necessary for the actual secu-
rity of Ireland.
Upon the clause compelling persons to register
dieir arms within a month char notice, _ _

The Earl of IIARDWICKE expressed a wish t )at
the Bill should be promulgated as muc► as possihle
throughout the country, considering the teams° li-
mited, that unless persons had the opportunity of
reading and understanding the Bill, they migot not
be able to comply with the provisions of this 'clause.
Lord RED DALE considering this as by no
means a cow measure, but one of which the prin-
ciple and pratlice was sufficiently known in Ireland,
for the last seven years, and considering that the
greater part of the persons keeping arms nad been
already registered, thought setts promulgation
wholly unnecessary.
The clause was then read sad agreed to.
Upon the next clause. authorising Magistrates to
empower persons to *each for arms,
Lord HOLLAND expressed a wi►h that the
time of search should be limited to the hours be-
ta een ►un-rise and sun-set, and that the Magistrates
slo be present at .uch search.
l'he clause was then agreed to without further
observation.

•I'he other clauses were then severally gone
through, and the Bill was reported without any
amendment.

Upon motion of the Earl of SELKIRK, the Sti-
pendiary Curates' Suspension Bill WAS read a
►econd time, and ordered to be commiued to-mor-
TOW.

The other orders of the day wire then disposed
of, and the HOU"! adjourned.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

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