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e:terY provice in Ireland the advantage of railroad COMMU-
Lr:ation.
The motion havingr been seconded,
An HoN. MEMBEP move that the House he counted,
j!lni forty Members 'not being present, the House was ad-
ourned.'

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ROUES OF LORDS, .3LIRc2 21.
The House sat at Ten minutes before Five o'Clock.
The Earl of SH AFTESBURY presented a petition
against any alteration in the Corn-laws.
f The Duke of BUCKINGHAM presented petitions
Pfrom East Warder in Westmorland, Derby, Alborough,
Allerton, and other places, against any alteration in the
Corn-laws.
The NOBLE DUKE also presented petitions from
arrington, Liverpool, and Kingston-upon-Hull against
the Beer Bill.
Dublin Earl MEATH presented a petition from the City of
agiinst any alteration in the Corn-laws.
It Lord HATHERTON presented a petition from
uttoxcter, praying for a repeal of the Beer-laws.
, I!ord RAYLEIGH presented a petition from a place
is Essex against the Beer Bill.
Ldr., :,
°l' ' vLEYpresented petitions from placcsin Wor-
cestershire against an alteration in the Corn.laws. Also,
a The
praying for a uniform Penny Postage.
• [he Marquis of WESTMEATH presented a peti-
t') r
lawns:torn Fermanagh against any alteration in the Corn-
Iv tol STAN HOPE presented a petition from Holds-
-1344, against any alteration in the Corn-laws.
The lc . JAMAICA.
to filar of NORMANBY stated, in answer
f
sli a question put to him by the Marquis o
her
ffOt that an arrangement had been commenced by
bet Majesty's Government respecting the state of trade
thatween Jamaica and the island of St. Domingo, and
but a communication had been made in January last,
to which there had, of course yet been no answer.
The CORN-LAWS.
fr Earl of CA MPE RDO WN presented a petition
hear,an i a
Place in Scotland, the name of which we did not
aed tve..Y numerously signed, praying for,, an immediate
tez, ,°Lal repeal of the Corn-laws. Ihe Noble Earl
oa",ierchted that he had been unable to attend in his place
cusserrsday last, when this subject was so fully dis-
re,„"! and when he should have had an opportunity of
er,44)Zhis vote upon the occasion. Of all the petition-
Core ? had petitioned their Lordships against the existing
these. r‘lB, none could feel more strongly the injustice of
eate 1'0474 than himself. He certainly was an advo-
oe,h, r their total repeal, but he considered that they • . 'to be repealed gradually.
tar' Ail. NAVY.
neteb •iNTO laid on the table a return of
.the
hew, tuber °f
e, registered ships on the West Indian station,
A -./e\n May and December, 1838.
IteJa r"LE EARL presented a pfttition from a place in
Ild, M favour of railways in that country.
kr /1 TITHES ARREAR BILL.
rear ii,d—ERNAL and others brought up the Tithes Ar-
%) i, which, upon the motion of Lord DuscAN-
read was read a first time, ordered to be printed, and
ma second time to-tnorrow.
Lord CORN-LAWS.
Ludlow WI NCHILSEA presented petitions from
great, Eaglethorp, Riddle, Louth, Yarborough, and a
NorthlnanY other places in the Counties of Lincoln,
ittie, fl.'l3ton, Norfolk, and York, against any alter-
Out t: tile Corn-laws. The Noble Lord regretted
cititrw7sehad not been able to attend on Thursday last,
he should have presented his petitions before
Pre,:uuject had been discussed. The Noble Lord also
t,io-4ted petitions from Maldon and another place
Also st mtlY further grants to the College of Mavnooth.
IN a rititition from a place in the county of York,
Roma their Lordships to pass some measure whereby
11 411 41.`Irt Catholics should be excluded from seats in
41/lent.

STATE OF IRELAND.
flog The Earl of ItODEN, in bringing
.forward the mo-
o (e),I. Which. he had given. notice, respecting the state
th_" lakl, said, that sharing the opinions, and possessing
respectable and a very
14;_e confidence of a very
hi! Portion of his countrymen, it would be criminal in
etinaW•erehe not i n this, the hourof their greatest distress—
(lb,. t'me when they were in a state, unparalleled at least
g his IT hen in many , parts of Ireland,. life
"(I triiproperty life—when,
insecure, and when that civil and
•the"'"us liberty was not ensured to a large portion of
ts t P.ceple, which it was thine duty__m of Government to pro-
the ' It would be criminal
interests. He
to neglect at this time
He confessed the sub-
Rant advocacy of their i.nte
I:to be one of considerable difficulty, not because he
b.:4'd matter, and
w-' the painful. matter, to bring f0.r,v.,/ar.d—
-was so important, its ram,ocations
'hete subject tensive, its details were so numerous,
I%;itt. heSofouenxd it exceedingly difficult to condense the
tr 7tct into such a compass as not to con•,ume too much
Their Lordships might re-
-1441)do" Lordships' time.
er that at the commencement of the last Session
inserted in the Speech from
114ajesty's Ministers M
t, Urone words of a congratulatory. character, as to the
1.141(luillity" of the empire at large, and a Noble
teacitiviiho either moved or seconded the Address, ex-
, 'kcal teased h 0
congratulation not only to England, and to
theo 81.41 d, but to Ireland. He (the Earl of Roden). had
l'a oiCit It itia duty to contend that an exception should
forwL"'lth re -d
to Ireland ; and he had brought,e
~ t
Ll'''
raletion4ron the subject—belis;vin,i that the
of de,riZilitY'' of Ireland could only be the tran that time 1 .t.self: he then stated that he knew thereqwuas at
1 -"'aiaral• k•
ts operation.
:11.11:::tla 1111 °Peration a conspiracy ot..a
.most danger-
t was n . tpg Ind and 'most murdrsrous in i
418 intention at the present time
othotenfoterwr ianrtdo
.
tle Would seetails which he bad then brought h
Noble
l‘ls n:content himself with stating that t
thiorelti,',' (Nornianby) had not denied any of beis facts.
Sthe
state present occasion be should conne himself to
e„atetnent of certain facts which bad arisen
Lord- " last had the honour of addressing their
shi
41'os, aPB on this subject—facts which clearly
the
ee'l the
existence of a combinati9n. again.ost-
etztetnds of justice, which, in the great majority of
isih.
14,1:salad been successful in preventing thehap
tuainti-
-4)414;4 offenders. Its object was to show
at lordly
and crime prevailed to such an extent int Ireland
or) at called for the interference of the L
ate 'lt least Should Committeeof I quim An
-sese„
And the in-
egi.slature,
" -
any par-
TIN 'be g►ve would not he taken from Th 41. ant but would extend over the whole country.
tribi cause to which he would retenrotpraers that of the
la4(l7°ltThe in' urd.erers of Messrs. C'
liabirt Tipperary. The murderers bad been
50 ; for three months of meeting at a public-1101:sec tod
oatilt and
Wes 1 upon the horrible deed ; and when Mr. Wey an
4clllltat;.,YinP; wounded, his father daily receivede leatste,risi.,
1444 v that it was useless to attempt aA. 1 'Zit ientleman recovered he would be again shot.
.11:1-:'• 13'Keefe was shot at in the streets of Thur-
saw the
Wh--ola trtt Public street—and several
"4'3'41 Kea" ; but none of labourersthemhadsvohueltelnidienntifsylitghoe,
A"ea There many cases
4. l'i hear,, Titough k sO, carmen cruelly beaten, who afterwards,
--..(11 aras°wsing the assailants, did not dare to prosecute.
kit:4l filar,)
rii4n Loegford, on the es.tates
.of Lord Lorto ,
Are Well 1, erg bad taken place in which the assassins
i,...u1at1n,-.noiivn, but had not been identified.—(Hear..,),
Tell gay,-Hen Cathcart was fired at three times in
the 4 and last Monday week one of the servants
vterelvevi: Mr. Bretton,his way to Longford, was ..e-
-4'lloll 'eat") and on
remained in a hopeless state.d
-re ejeuntY of now
Roscommon similar attacks had
Ale, pine„
the county of Westmeath was com-
-1836, Mr. Haines, of Mitt.-
t4eliti 3 'rovrn bong% someMa}, 1836,
property on which eighrt
theit Prot: had:beerk made, ta
il(' he
boughtde a
Itast-etPO of the police. e Mr. Mores, who
was at this moment under
elber.
Flue ,°` aixty-severli) eear.s, was murdered
abtaArtaoes entered Mr. Gaudle's farm, nicearDßeaelliniore
beat eleven o'clock in the day, shot one of the horasensy,
Nor,"'' Ploughman, and ordered him not to wor
41Riii. ArMed Ribbonmen, constantly appeared in th e
ford, u,°arhood • nights. The counties of Water-
he e ,„Lath and Clare were in a similar state.o
t afraid of wearying the House by going int
Work details • but he felt it necessary as the ground-
st
ore pjefeeth,e motion, with which he. should conclude. A ,ate,tn nt the county of Limerick, there were six
teen
1,1 lasCukt•fatnilies who were continually attacked,
Inanadn
',44 tit' tueY were obliged to request the clergyman
'mle -,_ekled them to desist:from'so doing, and since that
of 41'" d
Ike
, e . been so *le had . h had emnliguractileci / Hear, Ilea *)
persecuted. that
.ten
tettivt. taker` extracts from twelve counties in th these
14whi4'th -lit had not included the King's County,,._utry
,ad tsk 14te most horrible murder of Lord h
N"
The eritZ,l44oe-•-nor had he taken the Queen's County.from
t" Aagi-5.441'-ation were. in every case derived
hlic
114,1 We're.l,ll4l,"!%.bust if their nammeens. were made
onog ,i.t. fro 41 i'l7.ntalel.T
a marked,s
tchn il!agistrateinAlj stYadLeorpdaship;
and two in
Ministers,
he oad
reecv Ti.ppFrary. f that
Westmeath, wt,aos
the Police
He "4i°113 ]towedi intimation rorn
a ~..,ari Roden and when they left theirto l
t- Part
..,) had the good fortune
ran I"' the country which was comparatively
e
erieb,bon 'l°Zt_there. was no' knowing to what extent the
cLthe 'icell'hot, had been . disemminated through-
. -"glitts -rY• His motion was for a Select
'tll)Ply a`e to investi(sate this state or things, and to
root
out- remedy, if that could possibly be done—to
*ell-di; a sYstern which had driven the peaceable and_
Which had
and loyal inhabitants from their homes, and
It , '44cl rendered the laws nugatory in their operation.
thattared by the re. urns to which he had referred
the lu`'.2 deaths by v.iolence bad taken place within lat twelve months in Ireland, and he hoped their
th„,
~. ,IPs would grant the Committee. it• it was only for
gc;.`c of the Noble Mar uis himself, in order that he
4041'1 If POssible, vindicate q himself from the tears of
hiat-oc/7 And scenes of bloodshed, which had marked the
Iseet/ of
nesthi Vice.ren-al career. Those aho were the pre-
Ibt:ltt Wi he Nobre Marquis opposite in office, when they
tliQiol 'time grappled -with iHear.) What
_haet
- 'tined of in reference to the Noble Marquis whast twhas
MWitaillv had not been administered by him, and
Nt
tile ).., e wanted to prove before the Committee.
.oado.ubt
ta,ti'loblo m..-
----wit had acted from the most conscientious
Nthe byes' hat wbatever might be his opinion of the course, or
I. efit of the corse, which he had pursued, and what-
eri,,ight have been the shouts of applause he had re-
....... 'O, upouhis tours of popularity through lrelaud—shouts
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