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HOUSE OF 40ASIONS.

The WNW having met at three o'clock Wiser the Royal
Awns rives to several Rills by Commission, a Hcrsaße
from the Leeds batiwased site House their Lordships had
is,,srsed tithe Appropriatioe Act, the Assessed Taxes .Anissid-
meat, the Life Anouity, Scotch Judges' Pewit*, Stamp Du-
ty, and Oyster rishery Mils, without any amendment ; mid
the Sugar Distillery, SiIIMMILIVIMIC Rectory, and Scotch Ju.
di:stairs Bills, rids amendments. These amendments were
Oro mod sod agreed to, Mb the motion of Mr. Dc x Oast sod
lattice them( ordered to be sent to their Lordships.
. .

Mr. DUN DAS owe to complain of a very strange
and unusual infraction of the privileges of the
House of Comiuons, respecting the Sugar Distil-
lation Bill. which had, by souil unaccountable
pears% been altered or Mill 1)&41 after its passing
thr,,,,gb this 'louse, which aitiend,i.ent being cell-
tr.try to the spirit of the rest of the bill, occasioned
maattier amendment in the House of Lords, in or-
ri.r to correct the error into which the Legislature
wolil,l have fillen, had the matter been permitted
coointie VA it hail been, whet) introduced into
their House. As thin had occurred in a Money
Bill, it might perluipt be thought their Lordships
bad exercised a right the Commow should not re-
cognise. Yet should it appear they had only re-
duced the bill to its original shape and intention by
tbis alteration, it might- fairly be a subject, retpiir-
Big the exertion of the discretionary limier of the
Howe. The change which had taken place in the
Sill, was the substitution of the words Great
Britain" for England. The latter was that origi-
nally in the Bill, when it ieft the 'louse; the

filnner that which was oliacovered in it, when ecnw

mated in the Lords. This amendment was er•i-
dead)• surreptitious, and a gross violutina oldie
priile4e of the House. lie !raped the flame
would exprese, in the most unqualified instiller, its
tesentrwriit at such conduct, and that early in the
next Session it would take into its sim,itleration
the
.hest mesas of punishing die offender, and

perveliting a similar eieliiiqueu-ey.
. The SPSAILIM observed. that no Rill of Sun pl.:
aboald sudergo any alteration after it left the Coin.
aeons, except their Lonlahips shoalol discover some

zinendruresi. which might farther tell the intention
of the Commons io pairiug the Bill : in such a cense
it would yet rest with the Houma whether the ameud-
ment should be agreed to. The question now he-
' fore the Jimmie resolved itself into two ennui-
durations : let, It would be necessary to ascertain,
erhetner there had soy amendment of this nature
taken place in those stages of the Bill wherein such
amendments might be made, viz, the committal
and third reading of the Bill ? If it should appear
none such bad been than made, the second consi-
deration should be, what notice the Haase should
talcs of the matter of offence ? This would rest
with the Members themselves, should the culpa-
ble conduct at .one individual or individuals be
proved.
The Journals, at the Srsa LEI'S commaid, were
tken read, and the word England ascertained to he
that which stood in the Bill in its original state,
when leaving the House.
Mr. DUNDAS then moved, o That the flonse
theuld, early in the next se inen of Parliament,
tike into its consideration a matter of a very com-
plex onto re."—Ordered.
The Ream being somnietied by the Deputy Usher of the
Sleek Rod to heat the Royal Commission read, several Pub-
lic and Private Bilk reistived the Royal Assent On the
SPEAKIIII'I return to the Douse, he Wormed the HMISe that
the followino Bills had received the Royal Menet by Con-
anlosion :—the Consolidated Peed Appropriation, New
Stamp nuts'. Asseswd Taxis Aaseadisset, Ale-knee Ll-
aeon" Scotch Judged Annuity, counalevemers of Lend Ts:,
Caen of Sessions, Stuck Transfer, Oyster Fishery, Danish
Prise, F.arl Manes Estate, sod genital Private Bills.
Stveral Papers eine laid ea the table parsons to a notion
fur their production.
• The CHANcy;LI.OR of the EXCHEQUER stated,
that in pursuance of an Act of the 39th of the pre-
scot reigu, and the economical management of
those appointed us Commissioners to superintend
the expenditure in the offices of the Houses of Par-
Inciient, there was now in their handv, and at the
diapo.al of Parliament, a sum amounting to 16881.
7a. 6d. The certificate of the Commissioners to
tins effect being read, he moved—

That ,tba a of instal: be paid oat of the said sarplits to
Richard Wharton, fur his services as Chairman of the Supply
sad Ways sod Moms.
Mr. lifsoutro objected, not to the grant alto-
gether, but to the sum about to be given. He
considered it more than sufficient for the trouble
attached to the office ; as the person who filled it
most necessarily attend his duty in that House,
hence the additional trouble was scarcely worthy of
being takes ioto account. lie compared the duties
of this easy office to the laboricrui and continued la-
bours of the Comnais..roners of Excise, who were
obliged to attend the execution-of their duty for
the whole year round, whereas the present office
motioned het for the fieseiurt. He concluded aith
=pressing bis disapprobation of the quantxm of
salarjr, as sat proportioned to the labour of the si-
t nation.

The CRANCRLLOIS of the Esc/learnt replied,
that he lied only propesed to the [lnure the
same grant al had been usually made for
helpers, years p. 4. It therefore rested with the
Honore to maintain the grant, or to wake any re-
trenchment it might think toteessui7.
The onotlou war then agreed to.
The CNA ncELLOR ads* Excismic Elt then moved
the following sinus
To Jobs Clerneutson, Esq. Deputy nerjesut of Anne,
toil., the samstorn ufextra (cis and expenses titans taLiug
renews irrta custody, pursuant to dm order of the novae.
ToJoho Richness. Esq. Secretory to the ColololifilllloPlll
fee regulating the Otiret s of the Douse, tool , for his trouble
Jo smakiag up the accounts
Tn J. Dyson, Esq. Clerk Assistant of the House, 4000 i.
°Jain H. Ley, Esq. Second Clerk, Isnot.
To John Clansestwia, Esq. such a sass, as, with the fess
tif his /Airs, oboakt arn”aut r.a noel.
'To Gorr VI kite, Esq. C. rk of public Cominittev., fie
assking as !title% to the Votes of the 'House, ssul.
With tie other **sal grants of the year.
Sir Jona SINCLAIR hoped the House would
secede to the trillon,r g; ant he was about to propose,
ski lie hoped it would he attended with the greateit
advantage to theacricultisral interest ofthe country,
It ers• fult.od absolutely necessary, in order to form.
• g.3a end reisert en this subject, that the Agrica-

toral Bard altettltt Attain from various quarters of
the kiiigtloin a uumber of local reports. Tile sum
siertasary for obtaining those reports, the ..oard
had c.ounnissioned 6itu to apply for, which sus
stated at iool.; he therefore ',weed " That the
irid stun I,e gr.nited for that puroone."

This was tilos agreed to
STATE imisoNErts IN IRELAND.

Mr. SIIE LP KIIN—" la 111 'lllliaHee of a notice
which stood for yesterday, but which has expired,
1 now take the liberty of rising to address the
!louse in behalf of those individuals confined in the
„nuts in Ireland, who have preseuted Petitions to
this house. 'filer' can be no doubt of the import-
ance of this subject, mid I should, Nora such an
occasion, enter into it at greater length, were I not
convinced that my intended motion will be acceded
to without any opposition. It is on that account
that 1 would rather wish to avoid touching upon
matters that would teal to excite feeliugs of horror
and disgust. It is a question, Sir, that has nothing
at all to do with Party ; Ministers might take it up
themselves; and I mikes I should rather wish to
see some procetaliti4s come from thnt quarter, vo-
luntarilvalian that ii should be extorted from them.
It is that rooted, that inborn hatred of tyranny
and oppression, which has ever been inherent within
tne, and which, I trust, has been evinced by every
act of my life, cud will be to the last hour; it was
that which made me first solicitous of a seat in this
House, and it is that induced me thus to bring the
matter before the Ilonse, in order that a remedy
may be applied, as speedily as possible, to the evils
e•euplained of. There is this year a Report from
the Inspector-General of the Gaols in Ireland ;
yet, although it has been presented to the House,
and lies ups. your table, I do nut believe that five
Mend/ens of the House have ever looked at it. It
is upon that ground that I rest tie motion which I
am to se`, 't, and which 1 trust will be complied
with. A similar Report was ordered to be printed
upon the 26th of April, 1805, and since that period
a retura has becu annually made, hut followed by
no motion to print the sane. Many Members
perhaps suppose that the susi.ension of the Ha-
beas Corpus ..tet in Ireland enabled the Govern-
ment to seize and retain persons as long aetbey chase,
ithoat any infirm:unto open oath, or elsargroir any
pretence whatever being stand for se doing, or any
dispontien being shewi to bring these unfortunate
individuals to trial ; it was not, however. by this
act slope, het a nwt:a act, which vested in the
Lnit! Lieutenant, anti the Government of Ireland,
the power to accuse any person, upon imapicion, of
conspiring against the Government. It will he
with difficulty credited, but it is a fact now ren-
dered notorious, that 1700 people were crowded
into the gao.a to Ireland, and yet there was not one
in 500 of diem, in regard to whom information was
stated upon oath." Mr. Sheridan here alluded to
the cooduct of Mr. Sandys, Major of Brigade,
who was implicated with Mr. Suer, in an action
brought by Mr. Heavy, for false imprisonment,
in which the Plaintiff recovered damages. This
Major Sandys was the Preset-Keeper. or Governor
of the previa prisons and prison ships, and it ap-
peared, that although the prisoners were scarcely
preserved from starvation, yet he was paid by
Government tile NH allowance for 937 prisoners,
and this, notwithstinding that many of their
friends had come forward and contribnted liberally
towards their ar,iitattec ‘• I wild). Sir, to have

these papers, in which the various cMes of op-
pression are detailed, referred to a special
Committee, se as not to be mararated by any
minute public statement. Here is also the teepee-
tor-General's Report of the State of the Prisons in
Ireland, for Iso7, laid upon your table, and al-
though it has been printed, I do not believe that 6
Members have ever looked at it ; and I am not
surprised at it,wben I consider the laborious Session
and the late hours to which Members have bee.*
detained in this House; but I should have expect-
ed that the Government of this country would
haw. directed the Irish Government to pay a strict
attention to the remedying these evils. Mr. Archer
is the Inspector-f;eneral of all the gaols in Ireland.
Ilessys in his Report, in speaking of the gaols of Car-
low—g. This orison. though new, is insecure;
it is toe small for the present times ; it was built by
lump en contract, and is another instance of the
imprudence of that method of executing public
work. The gaoler is obliged therefore to keep all
his prisoners ironed, a measure of great severity ;
the Inspector being &Gentleman of extensive prac-
tice, is unavoidably obliged to be often absent.
Allowance of bread to the criminals is liberal, but
the debtors, alas ! in this county, do not get any."
Upon the prison of Cavan, he observes, " Com-
plaints are incessantly made of the gaoler, who
seems callous to remonstrances, from repetition,
and the Grand Juries seem quite indifferent as
to his conduct ; 'the Local - Inspector obliges
this inhuman fellow to .allow the prisoner* to air
themselves two hours each day—a duty he never
performs but by coinpidsion, and when that Gen-
tleman is present." is the fourth time that
a similar Report has been made as to this gaol.—.
Upon the gaol of the county of Cork. he says, "
have so often reported upon the frauds committed
on the buikling of this gaol, that to repeat them
would appear the impulse of malice, and not a de-
sire of reform. I'o save the trouble of reeurrence,
I shall now only observe, that this prison began to
he erected in 1793, that it is not yet finished, that
everal escapes have been mode from it, that the
old gaol is not yet surrendered by the Commission-
ers to those who purchased suppoee, because
the gaoler thinks .t more secure than the costly
new one." The next account is that of the gaol of
the city of Cork, and from it too it will be seen that
it is tint only the c,E.duct of the gaoler, but the
fraud practised building the new gaols, that is
complained of. lie says, ‘• Tlw Commissioners
for building a new gaol advertised, offering pre-
miums for plans; :ea encelleut one has been im-
psetially selected. From the draughts sent in by
many artiste, that of Mr. Itobiirom of Kilkenny,
has been preform,. I had hoped tkat this mark of
disintere.tedness in the out set a.)!114 have Lein fol-
lowed by us impartial' of sitiintinn. I
have been grieved to find that it has been insole-
dieted/ departed from—and that a m nabs a hieli is
frequently overflowed by titles and is d floods. has
been, by a inni9rity of tile Co.ntimi,,ion,ra, pre-
ferred, notwitlistm•tina the adine.lo:tifias of several
Centlernen ui sei,:a-f! and tuefhtal 'kill. I exa-
lniut4 this intended situation, last August ; it was

thee, even in the dog-days, floclel. What an ac-
cumulated exiwiise will be requited by tusking a
foundation iu this swasnp ! 11 hat agues and fe-
vers will be created! From this it appears that
jobbing and avarice have no tenets. ”—" Now,
I would ask, (continued Mr. SliAidaii), is it
lit, Sir, that this grievance should he allowed
to exist, when such predictions are contained in
the Report of your own hispecito. ? With regard
to the count• gaol of Dublin, the Inspector states,
that " an escape of a criminal charged with a ca-
pital crime having lately occurred, the former
gaoler was removed. Au escape from this pri,ois
is a matter of extreme difficulty, except it should
arise from corruption or negligence in the gaoler
or his deputies. The late gaoler pleaded, in ex-
tenuation of the charge, that the salary of tlrd. per
annum did not afford him the means of emoloying
proper assistance, he was therefore obliged to en-
trust a prisoner with the charge of an inner door,
by which cin.umstanee the escape of both was
perpetrated. These poor and coutcuiptibls salaries,
given to officers in important trusts, are always
pleaded in excuse for corruption, inattention, and
negligence." I shall next 'call your attention
briefly to what he says as to the gaol of the
town of Galway, which he had also ir.spceted
last year ; for it must be retnetithured, that this
Inspector's Report is annually delivered to Go-
vernment, although ho remedy has yet heen af-
forded. Ile says, " I inspected this gaol in May
last, and it is still in such a state that I would
not be surprised to hear that the roof had fallen in
on the heads of the wretched prisoners." Is this,
Sir, a state of things proper to exist ? As to the
gaol of 'fralee, in the county of Kerry, he says,
" This prison is, from the lownewi of its situ*,
ation, and its neighbourhood to a rapid river, sub-
ject to a shocking casualty, that of being frequent-
ly flooded to the height of three feet, which leaves
an immense quantity of mud and dirt in the yank,
and some even in the cells. On such occasions the
centinels are obliged to quit their posts, and the
guard their guard-room." With respect also to the
food of the prisoners, there have been many com-
plaints, of which this is a sample : Of the gaol of
Mullingar, comity of Westmeath, the Report says,
" At my last visit I found this gaol. clean and regu-
lar, except an apartment wherein .was a most out-
rageous female maniac, who destroyed every thing
within her reach. It is too common in Ireland to
send such wretchedcreatures to gaol, who are there-
by made worse ; the prisoners toe often, for amuse-
meat, tantalise them ; besides all mischief perpe-
trated on tl e bedding, windows, and walls, is said to
be committed by the insane person. The assize of
bread being irregularly struck in Mullingar, and
generally at the baker's discretion, the loaf was
scandalously sm all. Several prisoners had been at
that time committed from AtMoue, distant twenty
miles from their families and friends; having there-
fore no other subsistence but the gaol allowance,
not three-fourths of a pound of boas& per day, were
almost famished." The Report on the shate of th e
gaol of Dundalk, county of Louth, is titactly simi-
lar ; it says—" The prisoners complained of the
smallness of the loaf ; I had one weighed ; the
weight was one pound and a half; the price of it
six pence. Like almost all the country towns in
Ireland, there is no assise of bread struck here ;
the wretched prisoners and the public are therefore
at the mercy of the baker." Several other iustattees
might be adduced upon this poiut, but it would lie
disagreeable to go through theta all. In the report
upon the state of the Longford gaol it is stated,
" That the Local-Inspector, being a surgeon of re-
pute, and in extensive practice, is obliged to be
often absent; the office of Inspector is necessarily
committed to a deputy, who neglects his duty.
Bar-bolts are, notwithstanding my repeated remon-
strances, still used, which are an itidilfereet
ture, paidul to him that wrote them, and if got
cot; of the hobs are a two-fold weapon, to break the
gaol or the gaoler's head, as has been sometimes
done by desperate men irritated by hard usage."
These, Sir, and many other facts of enormities and
grievances, I might adduce and enlarge upon, on
this occasion, and these too stated in the Report al-
ready before you ; but I trust I have said enough
to sliew that Goveriament should make it serious
inquiry into the whole of these complaints, and
produce some remedy for them. 1 cannot how-
Bier forbear directing the attention of Government
to the county gaol of Dublin ; I mean that of Kil-
maiahana ; and to the conduct of a man called Dr.
Trevor, who has been arraigned, as being capable
of every thing that is base and infamous. I wish
his conduct to be investigated. I could rend such
a mass of evidence agoisist that man's conduct,
that would strike every feeling mind with horror and
disgust. It may be questioned why I did not
bring this matter forward at an earlier period? and
my answer would be' that I did not deem it pro-
per to bring forward such serious charges against
individuals, until 1 had completely authenticated
them, and got them vouched by those individuals
who had just reason to complain of them ;
is short, I hadsmyaelf becousa convinced that these
charges were founded in truth. I have now pro-
enredsuch docutuentinn tides the hand writingofMr.
Tandy, Mr. Mason, Mr. Coyle, and many others,
whose cases I shall not partieularly instance upon
this occasion, as I trust shall meet with a
thorough investigation in that Committee, which I
shall conclade net!' moving for. I shall merely
allude to the pamphlet of Mr. Tandy, and also the
statement of Mr. Mason, and I pledge myself the
there is not one word of misrepresentation. After
stating the scene* of misery that this man went
through, during a con:inement in which he wits
deprived of every comfort, and obliged to lie upon
straw and filth of every description, shocking to
humanity, and exceeding credibility, he goes on
to rhew, Undid! his and his companions' harsh treat-
ment was solely to be attributed to this Doc.
tor Trevor. The word. of that Pamphlet are :
" The source of all our afflicting trestuient
is glaringly to be traced to a person alto aas
as superintendelit of this prison, a Dr. Trevor ;
of whose inhuman, hardened, and malignant
disposition, we want words to convey the deep
imprettsinn which has been forced on us.—
This man executes his office iu a manner
at once mean mill malicious ; he pleads, for all our
sufferings, orders from Goreramnit ; of which in-
deed he represents himself a metuber, always
speaking of it in the plural we. 1k receives our
complaints with coutumelious langhter, and has in-

sultingly answered a cemplaint against an attend.
suit, by an invitation to a pugilistic decision with
him ; be insults with word., looks, taunts and
threats. us and our ftiends• with the zeal cud igno-
ranee of an iuquieitot, he Personates and detains
our books ; he orders whom lie chooses into irons,
and to the felon aide of the prison ; care
to observe that each irstine•e of such treatiner.t
should he one of cautronerry terror to all ; Lis tree!.
meut of all, bet partici:early of one titifertunate
State l'risorier (a female), is shocking to liuwahit...
-,
anslexc•ecils credibility." I need not allude to fur-
ther particulars, as, to the conduct of this Dr. 'lre-
yi,r, as surely a fitter mode of tines' ieetion of tan,l
conduct will be in a Committee, thait by stitch-
ing upon the aubject.—lt is sufficient to say, that
every one of these statements is under the hand*
w riung of individual, who have suffered. I hese,
Sir, in lily hand, a document relative to the death
of a buy of the ileum of James Devine ten ye an
cf age.--lt etates, that " he is the boo of !Secant
Devliii, mid, with his father, mother, brother, -mid
sisters, had been a state prisoner, and was liherated;
his father, brother, and sister, still d taiiied.--
The family being reduced to the utmost proverb.,
the boy was permitted to reside with his father in
Kilinaiuhain gaol. to share his allowance; hie sister,
iced eine: other female prisoners, got sick, said
acre removed, by order of Dr. Trevor, to old Kit-
muinhans
did-
—:Jarnes was also unwell, but his
disease did- not seem dangerous ; he was gettiug
better, when George Thum, the tmekey, and at
present gaoler in that prison, opened Bryent'e cell,
after ten o'clock at night, ordered the boy. who
was then in bed with hi. father, to arise, and go with
him to the old prison, (a distance of neatly half
a mile) the father objected to the son's removal,
urging the danger. he then being considerably bet-
ter, and in a profuse perspiration. Dunn insisted
he should go, it beimg the express order of Dr.
Trevor; the father still objected. Dunn was in.
exorable ; but to qualify his barbarity, he told
Bryant, that the child should be wrapped up in
blankets, and carefully carried to the place of his
destination. - The boy was at !meth compelled to
arise, and put en hie trifle of clothes, but of shoes
and stockings he had none. The miveryof his pm ents
had deprived him of such necessaries. In this state
he was (so far from being wrapped up in blankets
and carried) obliged to walk, accompanied by
Thomas Brown, another turnkey, and servant to
Dr. Trevor, to the aforesaid place, and (as the boy
told his sister) got so very Lad on the way, that he
wasobliged tout down several times, tad when he
could have the advantage of a wall, to lean by it, and
crawl along. When arrived, he said to hissimer, that
he was eueeesively ill. and that he believed he
should die ; and notwithstandivag every care and
attention which she could bestow. be died in two et
three days, and there cannot be a shadow of doubt
but his death was occasioned by this barbarous re-
moval, at tie late an hour, exposed to the night sir
and dew." This document is certified by the fa.
there and signed by Mr. Edward Kennedy. Ido
must wish, Sir, to irritate, or to excite inflammatory
feedings against this Wien, Dr. Trevor ; as a Right
Hon. Gentleman opposite seems to think, by his
gestures, Le should first be heard in his defence;
but I cannot help repeating, even sow, that there
are many cases of direct murder, which may be
solely attributed to him. Of such description are
the case of Mr. Cemusky, a state-prisoner, elle
died in Kilmainhain Gaol, in the mouth of April.
194/3 ; and that of Mr. Poole, who died in the
Marslialema prison, on the etth Feb. Both of these
cases aincunt to absolute murders. 1 happen to
hold in ray head a document as to this latter per-
son, signed by seven of the Jurymen who sot upon
the Inquest, which says." that the said Wilhite
Poole came by his death in consequence of a de-
rangement of his intellects, which occasioned him
to strip himself of his clothes sad bedelothes,in con-
sequence of which, and of the inclemency of the sea-
son. became by his death." A a amemintent was pro-
posed and adopted by stereo out of twelve of the
Jury, that after the word season, the following
words should be inserted, "he not receiving
the accommodation which the prison afforded,
came by his death." I shall conclude, Sir, with
moving,
" That an hatable address he presented to pis Majesty,
praying, list he will be resonate, phased to direct, that a
Special Commission shank! be appointed to inquire male, md
inspect the eaulitioa and goveromeut of the State rrisons
sad other Gauis is the city and county of anti nth
other Cook in.lreintid as they shall this& proper to direst
their attention to, and to inventigate the treatment of the
PA/WWI% therein confined, sieve the year t 791, where ground
of europiaiat shall be preferred; sad also to examine into
the coudoet of those entrusted with the rink and govern•
tarot of the said 'rigour, and to report thereon."
Col. .1141TISSW seconded tilts tuolloth and ex-
presmal his satisfaction at understanding it was not
to be opposed. He could irietance many more enor-
mous eases of atrocity and cruel barbarity then
those nlluded to by the liigt.t Hon Mover ; but he
should content himself for the present by leash:3e
the whole matter to the investiention of that Com-
mittee, which he trusted would be appointed for
the purpose.
The CHANCELLOR of the Ficneeveft-4,
not rise 44 make airy objection to the motion toe
proposed by the Right lion. lieut!”mon, h•:',
cannot hells regretting that he has delayed beei -
Mg it furwind till this late period of the “"salon, the
neore especially as air period who is entrusted e. 'ii
the uffairs of Ireland has left this part of the cum -
try. Ile (alluding to Sir Arthur Wellesley) dad
expressed himself to me, us if he had tin doubt that
the motion was to be of a different nature. 1 lee..
therefore, that 111 V silence, or that of the
upon the vitas stated, a ill not be conertis r! i •t••
entire vequiescetice a ah every part of tie seal ::11.•i;
that has now been male, as, wider the presort !
ruin ti nines, it is to meet them with ei
coanter-etatenient. 1 hopet!..tr the Muse :10
conclude, from what has been meted. that the
Klement and dateatiod of persons elii ri ngtherelie.le
in Ireland, were improper. becauee they were vet-
terwards proseented by law. That there was go
evidence moinst them it, a watvotow
npnit his port, and it vas rot to follow tilat -
ment were not juetutled in decal oier et.:1;j•I
F. 1115 upon arave vroti,,,i- ref Psi the i ii. (;:•,
ment, indeed, would 1111nard,M111
the haul not &tabled tree., Red it %mild •
leeei imprudent to bring th To to • ?•:*::
1•1111P1 of persons. tr. glee evolving. 3ga i Ile. 1:'•
would have lieu d!.selesed. ni.d lieihaps ti•• I.'
thereby enderigered, it mu snot theme toe

ferrei, however, that these prisoners were nine:Tat.
There was a distinct inquiry, instituted by Lord
Hardwicke, as to the detentem of all these indivi-
duals, which originated in a complaint made to one
of His Majesty's Judges. The Judge was ordered
to inquire into the complaints that were made, and
he did so, and reported to the Lord Lieutenant, who
was so far from kin.' contented with that Report,
coining from a single Judge, that he desired that
a further investigation should take place, and that
he should be 'joined in it by Messrs. Justices Dalye
and Day. 'Phey accordingly made a report, and
it was laid before this (lipase in the year tam
[Mr. SHERIDA N here said that there was uo such
production ] I have seen it myself, and have read
'
it, and all the papers to which it refers; and yet
this House did not think it necessary to take any
proceedings upon it. I cannot help regretting that
the Right Hon. Gentleman did not adhere to the
p!au he laid down at the outset of his speech, s
that the public might have been more fully satis-
fied as to the truth of these representations, before
any statement was made from the accounts given
by individuals who deemed themselves aggrieved.
Such statements chit only be ex-parte evidence
against individuals, who cannot he heard till after
the meeting of neat Session of Parliament.—
A either Di. Trevor, nor any other person so ac-
cused, has the means of explaining the circum-
stances so represented ; and therefore I conceive
this to be a very hard measure against them.
The Right Honourable Gentleman has represented
the Inspector's Report as a matter in which Go-
vernment were alone concerned. Now it must he
remarked, that, so far from this being the case,
the manner in which the pole are to be' built and
maintained is entirely under the regulation of
Grand Juries and Magist ates of Counties. There-
fore all that Government can do, when such Re-
port* are laid before them, is to represent the
abases to the Magistrates and Grand' Juries, and
call upon them to take measures to rectify them."
Mr. Wekkes LEY Poke expressed himself glad
that this subject had been brought forward, its he
thought the characters of the country gentlemen of
Ireland were extremely implicated in the Report ;
but he regretted the Right lion. Gentleman had
not submitted his motion sooner, when the Irish
Members would have been present.—Dr. Trevor
should be heard, and if then thought guilty, he
should be punished. He took shame to himself,
as heingone of those who had not read the Report,
but he thought it must be somewhat erroneous as
to what it stated as to the gaol of Marlborough, and
the county lie represented.—lie had examined it,
and fouud it cleats and corhiortahle, in every re-
epect.—He thought there should be a particular
examination of all the gaol. throughout Ireland,
so that it might be known who had done their duty,
and who had not.

Mr.EftliefOßD approved of the motion, and he
trusted it would appear, upon inveittigatioo, that
the reports as to Dr. Trevor had unjustly injured
the eh:moiler of a worthy individual. Dr. Trevor
was a medical gentleman, sod a Mali known for his
humanity and kindness. He remembered particu-
larly that the young man of the name of Elliot,
who was executed, said to Dr. Trevor, a before I
suffer, I must thank you for your kindness." This
ha heard, baring happened to be present at the
time.

Mr. WNIX5111140: thought there was no general
imputation cost upon the country gentlemen of Ire-
land, any more than of England, where we know a
great deal still remains to be done. He thought
the country was highly indebted to his Right Hon.
Friend for having brought forward this motion, as it
was absolutely preening the House should pay that
attention to the Report which it seemed to demand.
He would be the last man in that House to pass in-
discriminate censure upon theMagist racy of Ireland ;
but the Report of the Inspector-General proved
that Grand Juries in that country, as well ae in this,
were often negligent and remiss to the performance
of their duties, Take, for instance, the Report of
the Inspector on the prison of the county Cavan,
and it furnished a striking exemerlilication of this
negligenee. An inhuman monster was permitted
to contione there as gaoler, notwithstanding the
various 'monstrance* of the Inspector to have him
dismissed for grievous and repeated acts of cruelty
and oppre.ion towards the unhappy persons corn-
mated to his care. The House should also feel that
the Reliort of the proper officer; authorised by Go-
vernment to make such commanications to the
House, was not to be frittered away by ilannurable
Gentlemen getting up in their places, and making
their individual statement with respect to particular
prisons. The Report was the document on which
the Hoit.e ought to proceed; and surely there ne-
ver was a stronger ease made out, or one which
more loudly called for investigation. The scandal-
nes job in the erection of the city gaol of Cork,
was of itself imperative on the Irish Government to
interfere. With respect to Dr. Trevor, of whom
he himself had beard a great deal, there were state-
ments given to the public by Mr. Tandy, and were
to this day uncoutradicted by Trevor, which
charged hien with grievous, wanton, and repeated
acts of unparalleled cruelty and oppression. The
Honourable Meinher (Mr. Beresford) had stated
one instance in which he had heard a character of
Dr. Trevor's humanity ; but opposed to that were
the affidavits of a number of persons taken before
the Judges in Ireland, which accused him peremp-
torily of horrilde crimes, of which, if he were
guilty, he ought not only to be dismissed, but se-
verely punished. Bats whether guilty or innocent,
in either care, investigation was necessary, and
therefore he v neerely thanked his Right lion.
Friend (ir. Sheridan), and he was sure Ireland.
the empire, teiy, hiimanity, would feel indebted to
him for direetitig the public attention to this me-
lancholy inquiry.
Colonel V FREKER was convinced that the Right
Honourable Mover tvus actuated by the purest mo-
tives in bringing forward this subject. Still it was
but justice to reflect on the dreadful state of things
which forced the Irish Government to adopt sstA
• rigid system of policy, a systein made necessary
by the crimes of melt who outraged every law of
God and man, and were in the habit of assassinot-
LILT "ilikizistrutes for perform:Jig their ditties, and
informer:, for i!i covering their treasons.
Mr. Pr ree . !none observed, that if there was
ant, such .I..eunient as that refelred to by tha
Ch3neelbir of the Extlirclitet. there attii so meth
very in; sterious about it. If it ut all existaa, it

wai kept from the view of the Legislature in a very '
snug and clesdestine _rummer. He had, together
with his Right Honourable Friend (Mr. Sheridan'',
made the most diligent inquiry about it, and the
result of the examination was, that no such piper
attliat of a Report from certain of time Irish Judges
upon the ease of the state prisoners, was at all to be
found. There were papers relative to the state
!Prisoners in Ireland ordered to Ire printed ou
the etith of April, 1805, and which be held in
his baud, but they were merely a retura of the
numbers and names of the detaimil persons.
Ent the very strongest proof that im sock docu-
ment had been presented to Parliament was to be
found in the petitions of the persons aho com-
plained of their unmerited sufferings, and solicited
the justice of the Legislature for redress. Their
complaint was, that their case was unheard ; and
the object which they prayed for was an inves-
tigation. Surely, if such a Report was 'nude by the
Irish Judges, it was natural to conclude, that the
persons whose case it went to determine, and whose
interests were 60 vitally effected by its operation,
could not but have heard of its existence. lie
impressed upon Nlinisten the necessity of a prompt
and efficient inquiry on this subject, as they 1.3.
lued the honour and dignity of Ills Majeqy's Go-
vernment, looking to the interests and claims of
the petitioners as a secondary consideration. The
regret expressed by Gentlemen oppo,,ite, at the
motion being brought forward during the absence
of the Right I Secretary for Ireland, (Sir A.
Wellesle, p, could not operate as a strong objec-
tion ; irusinurli as at the period when these trans-
actions took place, that officer was serving in India,
and could therefore know little about them.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in expla-
nation, remarked, that hr had cert.only read such
a Report as he had alluded t., and having seen it
in a book sent to him from the Irish (Mice, he
WAS induced to suppose, that it had also been laid
ou the Table of that House.

Mr. SHERIDAN had no objection to alter his
motion in a way to meet the general concurrence
of the House. He felt obliged to Alinisters for
their candour on this oceasiou, so much as to in-
duce him to place the fullest confidence in the
exercise of their discretion in selecting proper and
impartial Cousinoisioaers. He trusted that he was
the last in the world who would cast any imputation
on the character of the Irish Gentlemeu. He had
about him too strong Irish feeling to follow such a
comae. In :egard to the fats period of the Session
in which he 't.oisght the subject forward, he had to
rework, that altliongh he knew it to be his duty
to present to that House the petitions of the (;en-
tleinen w'no had complained of their grievers and
t-tatment, still he was slow to forward
any pmermling on such petitions, until he had
rex-rind hie fullest and most authentic evidence
and proofs of the truth of their complaints. A
refereitt* to the dotes would satisfy the House en
that punt, and it was only within a week that he
was in possesidon of the last of the chain of evi-
dence, which convinced him of she veracity of
the twimplaints made by the petitioners, and of
the positive occurrence of the most foul and
horrible treatment which they had experieoced.—
The postponement to the present period he had
also to regret, because by it he was deprived
of the support and assistance of that t1110.4i, re-
spreta'lle Meuthdr for tie county of Wicklow,
Mr. Hume. That respected character had as-
sured hint (Mr. Sheridan) that he would in his
place plede himself to the truth of every word
of the cruel, grievous, anti inijiistiliable hardships
suited in the c ase of Mr. St. Joon Mason. With
respect to the report of the Irish Judges, he had
wade with his Honourable Friend, (Mr. Peter
Moore), the most diligent inquiry for it, and al-
though the most accurate search was also made
by that vet/ at •ive and meritorious officer. Mr.
Mitchell, of the Note Office, not a trace of such a
document was to be found. The motion was then
put mid carried amine costradirente.

grateful to Lis feeling% the propriety of Mr. Date
ryinple's retirement. And he was requested, ac-
cording to the wonted form, to make his applica-
tion, which it was their deterrniation to support with
their interest, wad to procure for him sueli suit-
able allowance as they could, by the heal order tr.
Council, procure. His answer was, that he ilisdam-
ed to make an application—he won d aot
to be superemigated. The quertion consequent-
ly resolved itself into this, whether the proiro•ed ar-
rangements fur the naval service should prao-ed, ur
Mr. Chilryinple he removed ? The latter prti,m-lion
was adopted, and the necessary eoramenica.eon was
made to Mr. U.drymple; yet in two days after all
Order of Council was wade its his 1., roar,
unauli-
cited by him, to provide with litiershiy cut the re-
tirement of a luau, of whom he would eve: speak
with respect, arid of whose talents and Services lie
entertained the highest opinion.
After sonic few words in explanation from Mr.
110,65eit sod from Mr. ItoseeT AUL), thin House
ruljouriied till Monday, on which day Parliament
will be prorogued.

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