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London, England, 1822-05-18 00:00:00

INSURRECTION ACT.

Loyd KIM° stud, that whets the Insurrection
(Ireland) Art oar under ds.cussion, he wished to
have intrurluced a clau.e. that its ope•atuon should
cease in May, iii.testi of the time it will expire,
June." H. intension its wishing to introduce that
clause wss, that if it was necessary to renew the
Act, that the question might be fully discussed.—
He wished to know front the Noble End (Liver-
pool), whether it was the introit in of Ministers to
apply for the renewal of the Art
Tue 1?,,r1 of LIVERPOOL said it WWI not the in,
tension of his Majesty's Ministers to apply lin the
renewal of she Ilabeas Corp's suspension, tint it
WWI their intention to apply for a renewal of the
IlligfreClloll Act. and Solite MiniOn to that effect
would be made shortly in the other House of Par-
liament.

The Ent of DARNLEY said, that when last he
had the honour of bring in the Wove he lout two
questions to the Noble Earl opposite (L►verpool).
First, the date of the first notice Goveroment had
of the expected distress in the c3titity of Clete on
account of • scarcity of feud, and the date of the
fist step Governuteut took to prcreut the distress.

country ought to he considered a blessing, when
they *ere compared with the curse that must attend
the Government feeding the people. Although
there were no poor law, in Scot laud, their poor were
provided for by voluntary contribution. He could
safely assert that Government never lost an hour
in seeing what was wanted in the distressed districts
of ',elated ; but he was convinced if Government
purchased what was wanted to relieve the distrese,
that the price of every article of loud would be
raised ; another thing was known to the Govern-
ment, that in those districts where distress most pre-
vailed, there was en abundance of oats, and it
was consumed by illicit distillation going ou,and the
exportation of it. lie did not hesitate to say that the
Executive Government of Ireland had taken every
means of providing for the ensuing necessary seed •
potatoes ; he was convinced that all that. pro-
perly .coold be done, had been done, at the time
time lie was far from thinking but that this inter-
ference of the Government might do us much harm
as good; at to the sub•crilition which was going on
in the country for the relief of the distressed din..
trims, he had given hi. whole assistance, as it
would abew dim the people of this country were
always ready to sympathise with the poor of Ire-
land; he expected more good to result from that
subscription. as to harmonising the people of the
two a:molting, than airy measure that could have
been taken by G•veromrnt.
The Matquis of Latisoowx wss happy to hear
that in the earl part of January db.! Government
Ind made inquiry
into the expected distie•s, an.t
that io the tumid, of April meal's of retied had
been taken. The serreity of provisions in Ireland
bore no analogy to thote ineutioned by the Noble
Earl (Liverpool), as in Ireland there was Ito want
of the general articles of susterimice, hut of that
which was the general food of the peasantry ; in the
cases which he had alluded to there was a general
scarcity, but in Ireland tl.e peasantry weer simsirig
in the midst of abundance. Tnere was no &eta
but the distress had been rim...toned by the fatigue
of the potato crop iii the gardens of the pee-
sentry, which they looked to tur their support. It
had been calculated by smite that the crop had
failed one half, and others that it bad two thirds;
but whether these calculations were right or among,
it way evident that the crop had faded, and had
caused the giemest (listless. He agreed with tha
Noble Earl that relief in the first place had better
come from ptivate subscription ; but if it was
necessary that Government should interfere, it
ought to he door promptly. It was with plea.
sure that lie saw two, the votes of the other
House of Pao litimeitt, that it was iiiterided to give
assistance to the distremed districts by finding ern.
ploy for the peasantry. a plan shish he highly up-
proved of, Nod lie hailed as a measure that **did
hereafter make the peasantry of Ireland loot; ug.t9
other uittcles of sustenance betides pinworm; it
would also be the means of camping a eircolatiou of
money in the country., which would enable the
labourer to pay his landlord his rent in money, in-
mead of labour. He trusted the measure would
have the favourable attention of their Lordships,
and when the Bill was brought up from the other
House, that they would suspend the standing orders