The Sun.
London, England, 1830-11-10 00:00:00

STATE OF KENT.

Lord TEYMIAM gave notice, that on Monday next
he would move that an humble Address be presented to
his Majesty, praying that he would he pleased to take into
considera,ion the state of the labouring classes in the
county of Kent; and secondly, that he would be pleased
to give directions to the Lord Lieutenant to raise a local
force for the protection of property in the same county;
and thirdly, that his Majesty would direct Parliament to
institute an inquiry into the Poor Laws.
The House then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, Tutu)AY, Nov. 9.

Several Members tonk the oaths.

Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petition, signed by 8,000
inhabitants of the county of Waterford, in lavour of the
Repeal of the Union Act. The petition was signed by
most highly respectable individuals, and proclaimed loudly
what the voice of Ireland was upon this most important
subject.
Mr. DAWSON said, that by the perverseness of
the Uonourable Gentleman who had presented the peti-
tion, he had prevented a question of the repeal of the
Union being brought to a fair hearing. If it were ter
be brought forward to an impartial hearing (Mr. I).)
would venture to say that the House would and that every
individual in Ireland of influence, every individual of re-
spect; ability, and every individual possessed of property
would oppose such a measure. With respect to the fart,.
stated in the petition the Hon. Member hid preseuted, he
(Mr. I).) would boldly deny them. It stated that Ireland
sas governed by tax-gatherers and exeisemen. Did the Hon.
Gentleman opposite not know that for one tax gatherer or
exciseman now, before the Union there existed at least
forty. The Union had had the effect of preserving the
country from what had been called the curse of the country
—the existence of the tax-gatherers and excisemen. The
tax-gotheringsyetent was almost entirely extinguished. There
was scarcely a tax-gatherer to be lust throughout thecountry.
The fact was that the repeal of the Union Act had never
been thought of before the aeparatien took place between
Belgium and Holland, and then it was that the Hon.
Member had thought proper to resort to his trade of agita-
tion, and to excite the mob of Ireland by raising this fresh
question of discussion. The Nom Member indulged in
the most extraordinary speeches both in and out of that
House. Ile (Mr. D.) bad beard the Hon. Member say
that no less than 800 families had been driven by a
Noble Peer from his estates in the county of Wicklow.
In consequence of this statement, he (Mr. D.) had taken
the trouble of making inquiries upon the subject, and he
had got a moat complete refutation of the calumniating
assertion. Mr. Challoner, agent to Lord Fitswilliam, re-
siding in Ireland, and dispensing around him all the ad-
vantages of his intelligence and acquirements, had addressed
a kter on the subject to the Editor of the Dublin Post,
to the following effect :—" &r,—Having observed in the
public prints that Mr. O'Connell has accused Lord Fits-
Iridium, or rather the person to whom his Lordship
has confided the management of his Irish property, of an
intention to drive 800 (main from his estates, 1 beg
most unequivocally to state that there never was a
more gross falsehood uttered."—(Loud cheers.)—l will
not say that what the Hon. Member has said is false and base,
but I will say that I do believe Mr. Challoner, and that I
do not believe the Hon. Member.—(Laughter and chests.)
—This is the answer which I have received, and which by
others has been termed one of the grossest falsehoods;
the Honourable Member will have the opportunity of
retracting--he will also have the benefit of that retraction,
and I do believe that his retraction will be just about as
satisfactory to the public as his gross end false assertions.
Mr. HUME rose to eater his protest against the courseadopted by the Hon. Member (Mr. Dawson) opposite.
He begged to know, what right that, Hon. Gentleman
had to inquire into the conduct of any Member when
out of that House, and bring it' forward for the
purpose of making an attack on that Member? Whet
right had the Hon. Nlember opposite to call the lion.
Member for Waterford an agitator of Ireland? Was the
time ef that House tb be spent in harangues of the de.
scription that had just been made? He hoped that those
who belonged to the Government would, not set the
example of giving cause for making replies to attack upan
subjects totally irrelevant to the business of that name.
There was not an lion. Member but whose conduct upon
principle for any number of years past, might be exposed
to ill-natured attacks, if inch a line of proceeding
as this was always to he followed. How could
the Honourable Member dare to insinuate that a pets-'i
tion declared in the House to Me signed by 8,000 re-
spectable individuals was the petition of a mob ? Were it
the petition of a single individual, and had that indivi-
dual not one penny in the world, were it couched in re-
spectful term', it was just es much entitled to the respect
and attention of that House, ad if it were a
petition from the wealthiest Lord, or a petition signed by
all the Peers the country could produce.--(Cheers.)--
Whenever hie Learned and Hon. Friend was elided en
agitator, a dangerous man, and so on, he always felt that
those making use of such language, had no ground for
making any well.fOunded accusation, If the Hon. Member
Opposite had really any complaint to make against the
Hon. Member for Waterford, let him do it ref/1166y and
' formally, and cot again spend the time of the House
in the melees manner which be had now done.
Sir R. BATESON was perfectly pevsuaded that 119 out
of every 100 individuals in lrelandopposed even the agitation
of the question of the repeal of the Union. Hs knew it to
be the opinion of the respectable inhabitant* of the town
in which be had the honour to reside, as independent and
as honourable as soy due of persons in Ireland; and it
was right that nut only Irish but English Mendrent
of the House of Commons should know this that 90
out of 100 would not agree to the agitation of
the question. The agitation of the question to the ex'
tent to Which it had Me had already done great mischief,