The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-27 00:00:00

IRELAND--BURNING THE EFFIGY OF THE

PRINCE OF WALES.
Mr. WHALLEY rose to ask the Chief Secretary for
Ireland a question concerning the demonstrations at Dub-
lin, Cork, and other places on the 10th inst., at many of
which, as Kilrush and Bellina, an effigy of the Prince of
Wales was publicly burnt ; and, whether any investigation
was intended as to the nature and extent of the organisation
manifest in these proceedings. As he had found that a word
which he had used in his notice—" disloyal "—had given
offence in some quarters, he had omitted it.
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Mr. SCULLY (stentoriously)—Speak up. (Laughter.)
Mr. WHALLEY repeated his question.
Sir R. PEEL rose to reply.

Mr. SCULLY rose to order. The hon. gentleman, in
opposition to the rules of the house, bad placed matter in
hi question which wa. equivalent to a sp.ech, and besides,
he had interlarded it with no less than four or five distinct
offensive expression s, The fact was, the question had been
arranged between the right lion baronet and the hon. mem-
ber—(ob, oh)—and they had arranged between them the
answer to be given. (Order, order.)

Mr. SCULLY held that he was in order, in fact he
rose to order—(laughter)—and was not, therefore, to be
confined to mere limits. (Renewed laughter.) He com-
plained that the hon. member had put the word " dis-
loyal" in the books of the house, and sent it forth to the
whole country, though he had now expunged it. He
never heard of such a place as Bellina in all Ireland. Pro-
bably he meant some other place. He might as well say
that the recent affair at Staleybridge was a disloyal riot,
as the demonstrations he referred to. He did not believe any
member of the house could justly accuse his countrymen of
disloyalty.

The SPEAKER desired the hon. member to point out the
passage in the question which he considered out of order.
Mr. SCULLY considered it a breach of privilege to
place such a question upon the books. He had never heard
of the proceedings referred to ; indeed, he did not believe
that anything of the kind had occurred.
The SPEAKER expla'ned that no member was entitled to
engraft upon a question, statements, or arguments, save
such as were requisite to elucidate the question he desired
to put. Probably no great question could be raised with
respect to the use of the epithet " disloyal." (Hear, hear.)
Sir R. PEEL denied most emphatically that the question
had been framed or put in concert with him. (Hear, hear.)
I he other night the hon. member stated to him that he in-
tended to put such a question, and he told him, in reply,
that it was his duty to answer any question that might be
put to him by hon. members with respect to Ireland. (Hear,
hear.) He had never acted as imputed, and most assuredly
never would. Turning to the question, he said these disturb-
ances on March 10 were a matterofpublic notoriety, but he
could with reason affirm that those disturbances in two or
three localities in no way justly represented public opinion
in Ireland. (Loud cheers.) It would, of course, be very
unfair if the conduct of a handful of unruly people were to
underweigh, to the very smallest extent, the general at-
tachment to the throne which prevailed among the great
bulk of the Irish people. (Loud cheers.) He had read in
the papers that the Prince of Wales had, on the
10th instant, been burnt in effigy at Kilrush
and " Ballingh." In 1361 he himself had been
burnt in effigy—(laughter)—but on subsequently twice
visiting this town he was treated with the greatest respect,
not the slightest ill-feeling having been manifested. (Hear,
and laughter.) It was a tact that the loyalty ,f Ireland was
sound at the core. In Loudon or elsewhere it was easy to
organise a few idle people to commit any absurd or unmean-
ing act, of which really school boys would be ashamed.
He was a witness of the loyal feelings with which the
Sovereign was received in Ireland in 1861, and nothing
could be more sincere or cordial. He was sure if the Prince
of Wales and his bride were to visit Ireland they would
receive as warm a welcome as in any other 'part of the
United Kingdom. (Cheers.)

Mr. SCULLY spol.gised for his aspersion on the rig ht
hon. baronet, and put a long string of questions to him, in
effect—Did the right hon. baronet regard the recent demon -
strations at Cork and other places as expressions of dis-
loyalty towards the Queen and the Prince of Wales? Had