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I they, had been amply • diieusSeuweeany. Tlis
duty compelled him to propOsetertain Amend-
ment, to"this Bill ; it would-be. with the Howie
to consider' them.
The first Amendment he had to propose was,
".That neither the Lord Lieutenant, nor any
- - person under him, in authority, should haVe the
power of inflicting any 'punishment that was not
adjudged by Court-Martial," •
The second Amendment was; " That none
should sit in a Court-Martial -.under this Aft,
who shall not be twenty.one years of age."
' • The-third Amendment was; g 4 That in no case
should any offender be punished under this Mt in
a manner' at pretent nor known to the Common
or-Statute Law' of the Realm, as practiced in the
ordinary course of Justice." ' '
The fourth AMendment was, " That no per.',
son shall be tried under the authority of this Bill,
for an offence for Which he shall. have' been tried
already in some Court of Law under some other
authority, and who' shall hive— been found hot
guilty."
All these Amendments were put in their turns,
and negatived.
On the Question that the NU do pass, • .
Sir JOHN pARNELL Said; that before this
Bill pass, it was necessary he should utter" a few
words.- .'There were -several. circumstances re-
spe&ingithc.state ollieland stated, and some of
them partly 'argUed, • oti which 'he differed from
those who spoke; and hetad sonic observations to
make, which he flattered himself the HOuse would
not deem-inapplicable if he were to stibmit them;
bd!'he .should. -abstain at present : he was most
'anxious to say' noiv,' that' frotti. the situation of this
House, and that of a great majority of its Mem-
bers,-there was a diilicUlty in -its obtaining 'Much
local, a/though necessary knowledge of Ireland.:
kle did -not mention thislo oppose the 'Bill, but.
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with a view of throwing out a hint, that should
this Bill contilnie after the three months, which'
are, at present, its limitation, that some carted
and authentic information concerning, the Seate
of Ireland should 'be laid before Parliament,in •
order that its Legislation might proceed upon
clear necessity---,The Judges in Ireland now went.
their Circuits regularly without. molestation ; :in
doing so they.were made acquainted with the ge-
neralstate of that. Country- These judges should
be required to make their report of .that state, ,
and then Parliament would possess real and
aUthentic information upon the subjed,.and would
then be in a condition to see what should 'and.
what should not.be done. He hOped it. appeared '
to the House that he was not offering what had
tendency to impede the necessary. mpsuies of
Government, by whatlie had thus thrown our..

Lord • H AWKESBURY approved entirely of
what the, Right Hon. Baronet said, and added,
that, such a measure as, he had suggested wbuid -
have been desirable before this Bill was.brought '
forward, but there was not time. for it. •
• Sir .E..I3IIRD.ErT then entered at some length
on the subject of. the Bill, condemned its prin.
and..denied its necessity.
• . Upon-which arose a debate of. some length,
and, in, some instances, of considerable warmth,
which Mr. TooxE lamented very much, and
which, although an old man, acquainted a good
deal with 'the. proceedings of Parliament, had ex-
ceeded.in intemperance any. thing he had known
in the most heated times of Party violenc?. lle
recommended maderation and friendship through-
out the House. . •

The Debate was. supported by Sir.W..F.Lroan, Mr.
MARTIN of GalWav, Mr. Wutraarxn, Mr, NICDOLLS,
Mr. L i, Lord CoLE, Lord BELCRAVE, Mr. ALEX.-
ANDER, Lord CASTI.LREAGD, Mr. TOOS:E., Col. Fur
Grit /LLD, and other Gentlernert ;abut owing to the length
of other matter, we arc under. tlk of passing over
the whole of it, since a' short aceount would not be other-.
wise than partihl, especially as,sorne of it; and 'that per-
haps the most interesting, was.tol, au explanatory and per.
sonal
• .
TheQuiestion being' then put that the of
the )ill be, c‘ Al3illifor the Suppression of the
Rebellion in Ireland, &c."
M. .PriiITBRE4I) vase and began to ad..
veil with some severity to -the arguments by
which the Bill had been supported, when he was
loudly called to Order.
The SPE.4I:ZR: said,' thAt the Hon. Gentle-.
man was certainly out ofOrder, because the only
point now before the HOuse was the title of the
Bill itself was passed.
Mr. Wlllll3 RE4D again rose and laid, that
hb felt himself rather at,a loss,,
..as'he wished. to
explain some ;misrepresentations which had been_
made of . what he had formerly 'said.; he sliould,
however, .Andeavour to confine , himself tp the
question, The title of the Bill, in his ovinion,
'asserts, that a Rebellion at present exists
land. Now, this very night, an Honourable
Gentleman (Col; MART in defending the Bill,
saidrr that no, Rebellion, at present, exists in
Ireland; -nor does it.at all appear, even flom the
statemfnts of tbose.who have urged the necessity
of the,measure, that any shell Rebellion does-ex..
ist. He, therefore, could not see any reason for
the insertion of this
..Cilduse in the title. Mr.
WI; 1.T131t E Al) Was
,proeieding to.explain what he
bad said: respeaing the', Court ,Martial held 'at
Dublin, when he was again called to Order.
The SPEfIKER said, iffa' Cthat Court Mattial
certainly' coulkhave no connetlion with the title
of the Bill. . .

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Mr.. gIII.TBRE AD said, he did not wish_ to
be disorderly, but he only meant to have.said,
(tle was proceeding, when he wasinterrupted by
acry of thyler OPi?r .1)
The SOLIC ITO.R EIVEkAL 'staid, that
. .
when any person conceived that his language, or
arguments, had been misrepresented, it was cus-
tomary
,for the House to. indulge that Gentle Man,
though, a little out of siriftUidei, in' 44-, ex-
planation, -
The SPE4KER said„ that l)e lielieyed iG to.bc
the pradiee for the House always to grant such
indulgence, -,but it .waghis duty, when called to
it, to state the Order of Proceeding saltily.
:7.. //,.ADJ)MrCTON thou hr that tlh
Hon„Oentleinan had had opportunities enough of
eNplanit.lon already, arid thak now .on ..had no
claim on, the indtdgence of the • House, -

Sir .1/1/24NC/58UR.D.477 claitned the in-
dulgence of the House for a moment, to explain
0119 dings in wllis,4j had been inittindemood.