The Sun.
London, England, 1852-02-20 00:00:00

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and was supported by the secret service money of
case, the pocket of a nobleman who disinterestedly
It seemed, therefore, that the
opposite had changed a little since
emii of gentlemen
the
es
daysenftlezoncerd
Eliot. At that time, because the World happened to
be supporting their own opinions, it was a very respect-
able newspaper; but now the
inghamshire trampled upon
were to believe him, Hon. Member for Back-
the Worldtt fallen man, and, if we
the was the Satirist of the
press. With regard to
Government in high official appointments, Dublin Times, he was in-
formed that two of its writers were placed by the then
this was true or not? If it tvanrointeterueef,etlnhetetsiirt
espoused and promoted the d
even the judicial station
upon one of them.—(Flear.was, he believed, conferred
hear,) He asked whether
party; rr
denied;'
havingye
n; i anded I
but if it were true, do not let
Clarendon for doing what they Hon. Gentlemen come for-
ward with trivial' and trumpery
brought against Lord Clarenadon
example or. But then it p r
ess
, chargeswbua but for
f oarot
hagainstfsovri
ng
havingL
con-
nected d
wee, themselves had set the
connected himself with theu said that the charge
himself with an
Hothouse)
and profligate
Rot, as the Hon. Member for whether
journal. Now he (Mr.
which ibtlhiciswr
did, was beside the present
say a word against the press;
Buckinghamshire said he
ouse) was not going to
question, and his opinion
on the subject would probably have he admired it or
of the in
eystem of anonymous
little weight; but
hwerictioringlivoefdthwahtastyshteamd happened
ssetcloutehnecier contributions, and by which
truths which stotaanfacex wthaesitrhneacmo: particular
iwriters
s refu
refused
end.
iuunpfrairntchieprlaedliesendefvdiceieoturisemesenwchcbaicamhr came sometimes to write
he had ratherhesaere.3
li u supportedduu ht
there
r em
wereen of
certainb ette r
stated
would be
retswt morals. The fact
ad-
mitted squally as well when
ie
tr s
wo na ss
character as by men of the tie
equally indisputable from whoseefverepbeynp
that three angles were equal to right angles was
and so with general doctrinesef stated, bl
td
morality.. But there
were certain doubtful truths and
especially in the regions of polities,
doctrines,
which by a bad man no doubt Bthe advocacy of
brought dis-
credit on the cause with which he was connected. He did
not see, however, why, in this ease,
was and in defence of
such a cause, Lord Clarendon
wrong in availing
himself of the services of Mr. Birch,
had been denouncing this unfortunate writcon. Gentlemen
and holding him up to the contempt of this House, s House, bat
he should take the liberty, in addition to the letter of
Lord Eliot, of quoting the opinion of the Standard as
to the character of this paper in former year& The
Standard did justice and homage to an
opponent, and
its opinion was all the more worthy of their attention
because it confessed in bestowing an eulogy on the
World, that it did so on an opponent. (The Hon. .Gen-
tleman here read an extract from the Standard, in
which it was stated that the World newspaper
con-
ducted with great Ability and independence
of spirit, and
that it had been eminently useful to the peace cf the
country; and this was followed by a passage vindicating
the conduct of Lord Eliot). The great
Protestant party
it thus appeared, then, thought well ofthe
World,
and
if so, why should Lord Clarendon not have availed
self of the services of that very paper?—(gear, hi
hear.)
The Hon. Member for Buckinghamshire stated that
this was a question of duty; and he seemed
to insinuate,
House though he did not openly assert, that the use had no
alternative bat to say " Aye or "No '' tothe
before them. He (Mr. Islobhouse) begged motion
y to
deny that principle, so far as he understood the course
of procedure in constitutional assemblies. They course
to take into account the whole conduct, the whole
were
whole
i
character and policy, of a person stand
Lord Clarendon's position. They were to standing
in
sur-
vey the entire case from first to last, and were not bound
to give a distinct affirmative or negative to the
ques-
tion.—(Hear, hear.) They were not there as a • Jury, to
say .. Ay" or e No" to a particular issue; they might
object to the issue, and he, for one, did object to the one
brought before them on that occasion.—(Hear, hear.)
Lord Clarendon had held the scales between
parties
in
Ireland with moderation and justice, and had discharged
his duty with ability, skill, and judgment.__(Hear.)
The Noble Lord had come in contact with the old tilt
Protestant leaven of bigotry; and he showed, in ultra-
Protestant leaven
of the Orangemen, that he was not disposed to
see the Irish Government treated with disrepect or in
a
manner unworthy of its dignity. He would not say
wh ether that was the cause of the present motion or not,
but
he believed that if the Noble Lord (Clarendon) had
played a little more into the hands of that party, the
House would have heard less pf the present vote of cen-
aure.—(Hear, hear.) He thought Lord Clarendon had
deserved well of his country, and was entitled to the ap-
probation of that House and the country; and had the
Noble Lord at the heed of the Government met the mo-
tion with a direct negative, be would have been disp-
posed to
bring forward an amendment, calling for in-
quiry into the whole character, principles, and conduct
of
the Noble Lord's government in Ireland. Under the
most trying provocations. he had succeeded in repressinS
rebellion, and throughout he had done all that lay in his
t power to promote the welfare of Ireland.—(Hear, hear.)
might be all very well for the Noble Lord who intro.
du ced the motion to cast ridicule now on the danger
thatwes then treated as so very serious, but the House
was
not
likely to forget what the circumstances really
were.—(Hear, hear.) At that time the ultra-Protes-
tants and the Conservatives came forward with addresse-
of congratulation to Lord Clarendon, and he thought is
wasalittle inconsistent on their part now to come for-
ward with the language of censure.—(Hear, hear.)
For
these reasons he should deem it his duty to vote against
the motion of the Noble Lord.
Mr. S. CRAWFORD considered the question before
the House to be, whether the Government was justified
in subsidizing or bribing thepress. ele had great re-
spect for Lord Clarendon,
and
on many points he agreed
with him. He had been
most useful in advancing the
linen trade in Ireland,
tend, on a late occasion, he (Mr.
a
Crawford) had been party to presenting him with a
testimonial for his exertions
in
that matter.—(Hear,
hear.) As one sent there to protect the rights of the
people, he regarded a free press as the great palladium
and security of- liberty; and he believes that if they
permitted Government t
would destroy the o tamper with the press, they
confidence of the public in
that great engine.—(gear hear.) Tampering with the
press was defended on the ground that it had been the
custom of all Governments in Ireland to do so. That
was the very reason why
question. He believed this hi he now took his stand on this
8 had been the custom of all
Governments, and lee feared that on a very important
bear.) He deprecated all such
present subsidized.—(Hear,
such
i practices, and hoped they
would receive the most
Suppose the Noble Lord was
censure of that House.
was to be charged with subsi-
dizing the press of -this
England for a moment country, would the people of
not. Then, wh y sho t
.bear suck a thing? Certainly
(Hear, hear.) He metteha it be tolerated in Ireland?—
regretted the course he felt
bound to take on the pr
would prevent hireasent occasion; but no considera-
tionmotion.—(Cries of " Dividfrere giving
his vote for the
Mr. G. H. MOORE observed,e• ')
honour of a seat in that, that since he had the
anxiety as to its decision 'Reuse, ho never had more
than at that moment. That
question was, whether -
would be consielereci anyobjectionable
amount of misconduct which
committed in Ireland wliteitlionable in England should be
ought not to be allowed impunity.—(Hear, hear.) It
to
be said that while in every
other assembly in the country such an act would be re-
overlooked. The people 1e it would be palliated and
,1);
England and of Ireland did
not, perhaps, agree in all
that they were as one in this,
but he did not doubt
a public violation of decencyls, that they would not allow
if such was practised in high places,
and decorum, especially
If that House allowed an egb" places, to go unpunished.
bad been that night tef that description, such as
would not be raising detailed,thetnee to pass uncensored, they
Ives in the estimation of the
country. What were the fof the case? Why, simply acts-theplain, palpable facts
corrupt and this, that Lord Clarendon
did not scruple to
paper as an organ of the and pay a man to use his
paper was of the most disreputablelrish Government—which
not even put it in comparison character. He would
a similar case had occurs:du with the Satirist; and if
have been thought of the Nnbth England, what would
Government to support esaa• le Lord at the head of the
and order, and to blacken t he was pleased to call law
Even on the trial respecting this ease, which took place
and defame his opponents.
in Dublin last autumn, Air'
Brew who was in
reality Lord Clarendon's counselster,
stated that the proprietor of
ton _that occasion,
bad done as much as man e the World, Mr. Birch,
public mind. The Noble Lord ever did to poison the
vernment had read quotations from t the head of the Go-
vernment
and he had got quotations innumerableseveral Irish papers,
show that it was of a, bad and mabo from this one, to
it had in fact been expelled from ioeus character, while
Dublin ; and what, then, were they toYerY club-room in
of Clarendon taking such a paper into think of the Earl
maintain the cause of law and ordete his service to
that Lord Clarendon had great difli It had been said
with—that that there was a deep aalities to contend
spiracy throughout Ireland for havingwide-spread con-
. vered from this country—that the Idea Ireland :disse-
the most part leagued with the instigatorspress was for
spiracy, and that therefore ho was obliged ,of that con-
course to Mr. Birch, and his paper, to support to have re-
of law and order. But was such the faeut?Part the cause
sane man in Ireland, who believed that Was there a
there
thing like an insurrectionary spirit aa way any-
road?
the time the Irish people were utterly why, at
were more incompetent to aid or take ...rstrate ; they
insurrectionary movements than they part any such
before—the Roman Catholic clergy of Irelandeen for ages
known to have been as much opposed to were well
Ireland party of that day as they were to thethe Young
Red Re-
publicans of Italy of the present day; and
what then
was this terrible power, and this deep laid
and w
spread conspiracy which Lord Clarendon had
with? Why, a small knot of individuals,towho contend
did not
possess a trifle of influence over the Irish
pee.ople, and
whose doctrines were so opposed f that on
certain town in Ireland, to propegate themg theymg into a
mobbed and beaten by that very democracy. were
whose
cause they were said to be the champions.—(Hear,
of
hear.) But to look a little farther into this conspiracy,
and the conduct of Lord Clarendon respectin
g.it. It
was about October, 1848, that Mitchell set up
in Dublin. Inthat journal he informed the Lcardozenal
tenant, that on an early day it was his intention to it-
take
possession of Dublin Castle,
and drive
him from his
government. Now there was no doubt about the poi •
nt
there, for it was downright treason, and admitted by the
writer to be so, for he went on to tell the Lord-Li-
tenantOU that " either I will put you down, or y 0 u will
put me." But after all that strong language
and after
the feelings it was well calculated to excite had been
well roused, two policemen, with a magistrate's warrant
were found quite sufficient to put down the United Irish-
man.—(Hear, hear.) These articles , however, were al-
lowed for a long time to circulate throughout Ireland,
and Government taking no steps to repress them, men