The Sun.
London, England, 1838-07-25 00:00:00

resulted from a transaction which took place in an alehouse
in Mullinear. be shoelrl like to knew nn what atiti,,eite the
N r-'-•.e!• es. ststements. The enly aeci• rey
on which such sou. me its could be make was the . ui c
and that was not before their Lordships. How then
could they judge whether the Noble Marquis was
right or wrong I' So far as he knew of the evi-
dence he believed the Noble Marquis was in error
from beginning to end, in all that he had stated ; and
this he would find, when the papers for which he had called
were produced. Mr. Seeil was a highly respectable gentle-
man, and, although he might not possess as large a property
as other Magistrates, still he; property was considerable. It
was no objection to Mr. Sh it th t there were enough of Ma-
gistrates without him ; and that eas the only ebjertioe which
the Noble Marquis had urged against his appoint awn,. The
Noble ,Marquis said that his prognostieatioi s with resp-ct to
Mr. Sheil were borne out be the evidence ; hut if it should
turn out that. the contrary was the case, why had not the Ne-
ble Marquis attended the inquiry, as he might have dune, in
order to make good the cleave he had brought forward ? In
conclusion, he must say, that he had scarcely ever witnessed a
more unprecedented course than that which had been adopted
by the Noble Marquis that night in moving for these papers ;
and he could only add, that if he was rightly informed, the
statements made by the Noble Marquis, so far as the charge
against Mr Fitzsimon and Mr. Sled' were concerned, were
strongly denied by the evidence relating to the transactions
themselves.
The Duke of WELLINGTON said that the N.)ble Mar-
quis
had risen for the purpose of calling the attention of their
Lordships to that which must ever be considered a very im-
portant subject by their Lordships—namely the appointment of
magistrates in Ireland, and the conduct of the Noble and
Learned Lord with respect to those appointments.—( Hear,
hear.) The Nolile Marquis had also moved for other papers
the object of which was to show what had been the nature of
the conduct of the Irish Government with regnrd to apvint
mcnts to the magistracy, as well as what was the state , f so-
ciety in Ireland, which was produced by those appointments.
—( Hear, hear, hear.) He (the Duke of Wellington) found
that one of the gentlemen who had thus been appointed a ma-
gistrate, having thought proper to place himself at the head
of an illegal meeting in Ireland, held for the purpose of sti
mulcting the destruction of property, which had ever been
considered sacred by Parliament, had been dismissed from the
magistracy by the Marquis of Anglesey. —( Hear.) And yet
sometime afterwards the Noble and Learned Lord opposite had
thought proper to appoint this very geetleman to the magis-
tracy—( Hear, bear)—contrary to the remonstrances of the
Lord Lieutenant of the county, the Noble Marquis who had
introduced this motion—( Hear, hear)—and subsequently to
the transaction complained of.
Lord PLUNK ET—The appointment was not in any way
connected with those transactions.

The Duke of WELLINGTON begged the Noble and
Learned Lord's ptrdon, but no one could doubt that the ap-
pointment of both the gentlemen alluded to in this motion—
appointments made in the teeth of remonstrances on the part
of Lords Lieutenant of counties—were nothing less than po-
Utica' appointments. He was sorry to be under the necessity
of referring tc, the subject, but he must say that until Ireland
should be governed with justice and fairness—( Hear, hear)—
they might give her either Ponr-laws or Corporations if they
pleased, but they would not render her condition by any means
so happy a one as he most anxious and desirous to see h.—
( Cheers.)
The Marquis of WESTMEATH, in reply, stated that
notwithstanding the explanation of tile Noble and Learned
Lord he still remained of the same opinion as to the necessity
he was under, in the discharge of his public duty, of bringing
these questions under the notice of their Lordships.—( Hear.)
The returns were then ordered, and their Lordships ad-
journed.

FROM LAST NIGH'T'S GAZETTE.

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JULY 18, 1838.

The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knight-
hood upon Major Edward Alexander Campbell, of the Bengal Ca-
valry, Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the
Bath.