The Sun.
London, England, 1836-02-24 00:00:00

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The Colow Gentlemen, like others, may have their faults, bu
rapacitj and cruelty have not been of the number. Our real.
crime that we will not bow down to the image which D2lliel
the king has set up.—( Loud cheers and laughter.) And for
this offence we are to be cast into the burning fiery furnace of
public indignation, which is to be heated seven tomes hotter
than usual, by the ruined towns and villages formed by the
shrieks sod cries a 'widows and orphans.—( Cheers. IBut
the attenpt will fail—we shall pass unhurt through these
fires ; and if justice and truth be not a dead letter our accuse
will have the benefit of them himself. The question is ilot
whe.ther tie elector in Ireland shall be allowed quietly to oe-
ereise his franchise, but whether the Priest shall be opera,'
allewed toe!rive him like a pig where he pleases, and sell him
to the highest bidder—(Cheers)—which must be the case
unless the imdierd has the courage to step in. The power of
there political Priests will be increased to a frightful extent if
some measure now in contemplation be unfortunately per-
mitted to pas into a law.—( Hear, hear.)
alr. METHUEN vise to order. When the Hon. arid
Gallon Member was defending himself from any charges
made agaieat him it was competent for him to read from a
written papa') but he (Mr. Methuen) submitted that the
Hon. Member woe out of order when he read anything in de-
fence of others.
The SPEAKER was :indersteod to coincide with the ob.
servatious of the Hon. Merni;er fee Wiltshire.
Colonel BRUEN resumed. the should proceed to state a
few of the provocations which he had received.—( Hear.)
Lord J. RUSSELL rose to or, ler, Ile thought he could
understand from the Hon. and Galli. nt Member that he was
about to enter on the subject of the cot.
'duct of other landlgrds
'taint had also been
in the county of Carlow, of whom comb
made ? If so, lie (Lord J. Russell) thot. 'gilt it would be a
departure from the rule laid down by the Cie.'ir, and prescribed
by the forms of the House on all such occasion s--(
Colonel BRUEN said—l am accused of driv 'ng from their
houses here, in a wicked unchristian manner, neneteen fami-
lies, containing 101 individuals, with the usual libel
propor-
tion of widows, &c. Now, what will any honest elan say'
when he hears that I never turned off one single human being,
man, woman, or child, from this land ?—( Loud and long'-Can"
tinued cheering)—that the power even to do so never wli°
placed in iny hands but once ? And how did I use it ? The
House hear:sall and now that I have told you what 1 did
not, I will take the liberty of stating what I did do. This t oval
land contains nearly 800 English acres. I receive 2211. 10s. 9d.
yearly, not much exceeding one-cpurth of the value.—(Hear'
hear.) The lease is for ever ; as long-, therefore, as the 'bead
rent was paid, I had no authority or pretence for interfering.
Ido not know that I ever was on the in my life. Tile
owner of this estate, who, to the best of my belief, I never
saw, as he lived in another county, became exceedingly era-
barrasseci, and was obliged to leave the country, Arrears, 0
the amount, I believe, of 1,0001., were due, of her credit:ors
were pressing, and it became necessary to me to .look tom r
self. Ejectments were therefore served ; time Call on, n°
creditor found it his interest to redeem, and I had ev, ‘l7 Pres:,
poet of getting possession of this estate, and of addin °Li%
hundreds per annum to my income, and that withot al",f4
blame that by possibility could be imputed. And how di d t":"
desolator of towns and villages—this tyrant,lbigot, persec te"
fined--I use the exact terms of the Learned Gentlema '1""
(Cheers)—with a countenance scarcely human; this tormt
tors of widows and orphans—( Cheers and laughter)—tl
its
modern Pkalaris, regaling himself with the shrieks of his vie':
tiros, this Tory, this Orangeman, this Conservative—how did'
he behave ? What did he do ? The tenants on the land:
were, I believe, exclusively Roman Catholic. He ordered:
the ejectinents to be withdrawn, and the debt to be received=
by such instalments as the distressed tenants could conve-
niently pay.—(Cheering.) I have made the following:
memorandum on this point ; " The inhabitants bay"
been ever since my most implacable enemies.—( Hear,'.
and cheers.) Now, I beseech the House to mark the'
truly diabolical artifice by which a retreat is attempted t
be secured here, for to this, I suppose, is to be applied 'be
postscript, " One of these town lands not being in the Fee;
session of Colonel B. at the time the tenantry were ejected.
Why then was it mentioned ?—( Hear, hear.) Would
man who had a speck of decency, not to mention honesty or
good feeling, in his composition, have first deliberately charged
another with committing a crime, have first coolly planted
dagger in his back, left it rankling in the wound, and then, in
a sort of appendix, a second or third edition, have insinuated,
or hinted that possibly the accused was not quite-so guilty, 11°!
having been exactly at that very time in a situation to commit
the offence ?—( Hear.) I have now done, and I trust I have'I
convinced the House, even from the imperfect information
can now command, that most of the charges in the petition
lately presented ere gross and wilful mis-statements ; and that
the others are so distorted, that they scarcely bear any resem-
blance to the truth.—(Cheers.) I now sit do wn, confidently
submitting that I have redeemed my pledge, a'nd shown OA
the assertions of the Lear:sed Member with reap ect to me are
as worthy of credit as those be is in the habit of making.---
(The Hon. Gentleman sat down amidst great cheering.) _
Several Hon. Members rose to ,address the Chair Asame
the sa
time, but the cry was very general :or Mr. Hope.
Mr. WA L L ACE had heard with great satisfaction the
statement of the Hon. Member.—Crie:: of " Order," " Chair,
" Mr. Hope."
The SPEAKER said there was no question before the
House.
Mr. HOPE said that the anxiety which he fe.lt to viadiel
the character of his noble relative assailed in the peftocti°tures-..
Mr. Vigors would, he trusted, serve as his I
passing on their attention, and stand him instead of the' con-
fidence derived from long and well tried habit.—( Hear.)
Noble Relative had been charged in that petition, as 11•9:ci
Members were aware, and various accusations were la'
against him. He (Mr. Hope) had informed his Noble Re-"
lative of the circumstances, and had received from him the,
fullest contradiction of the charges in it as affecting himself;.
With this necessary proof in his possession he (Mr. NW/
had come down to the House the next evening, but as the
Hon. Member for Greenock had on the same night gig °.
notice of a motion for an inquiry into the facts, he (mr.
Hope) was induced to defer the defence of his Noble Re-
lative until that motion came on for discu,ssion. 111
Hon. Member had withdrawn his motion subsequently-'4°',
what reason he (Mr. Hope) could not presume to say' e"
he had, it appeared, renewed it again, and it stood for tbhat
night. Under those circumstances, he (Mr. Hope) felt 03. t.,
he was bound by every sense of justice to say a few worde
the subject, as it concert-led his Noble relative—the more esPe..e'
cially as the House had heard the statement of the blo
Member for Carlow with all the attention which was due to its
importance.—( Hear.) On the day the petition was laid he"
fore the House, in which the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Vigors)
had introduced, amongst others, the name of his Noble relative
(Lord Beresford), as a cruel and tyrannical landlord, be bad
a personal communication with that Gentleman, in which he
promised to afford him any satisfaction he could desire of the
groundlessness of the accusation, and made an appointment 0
meet him at four o'clock for that purpose. Four o'clock came,
hut Mr. Vigors did not.—(Hear, hear,) Neither did he send,
nor write, nor did he (Mr. Hope) ever hear more about it froo
Mr. Vigors.—( Hear, hear.) The petit. on stated—" From the
town lands of Ballinkillen, the proper!e o: Viscount Beresforcit
where the system first commenced, the were evicted at one°
thirty-nine families, amounting to 205 i.scli:viduals, including
fifty-six widows and orphans." These lands of Ballinkillen,
he could state, were out of lease twelve yoars ago.—( Hear,
bear.) They y were then divided into six fa.ems, which were
placed in the hands of three Catholic and three Protestant
farmers, who have ever since remained in quiet posseesion, and
continue there at the present day.—(Hear, hear.) From
Clonegach, by the same, twenty-five families, amovnting
one hundred and sixty-one individuals, including thirty
widows and orphans." Here his Noble Friend found a similart
necessity for effecting a better partition of the lands amolgs
the tenantry, keeping them all, notwithstanding, and his effeefr
ing this was the only act of compulsion he thought of employ."
ing, or his tenantry could charge him with.—( Hear, heard
To conclude with the two remaining town lands, Slyguff
Clomater, the evicted population of which was stated in 0, °
petition at fifteen families, containing ninety-three individual°,
including twenty-three widows arid orphans, he could assure
the House that only two individuals were going to quit. Ole
had got notice to quit, and the other was going to quit him"
self.—(Hear, hear.) Both individuals were Protestants.---
( Hear, hear.) He trusted that, after thi..l explanation; did
should hear no more of his Noble Friend's pGlitical and religi;i
ous hostility to his Catholic tenantry.—(Loud cheers sin
counter cheers, repeated.)
Mr. O'CONNELL said, as the name of Mr. Vigors had
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been mentioned—( Hear, hear)—as some stress bad been
on the name of that gentleman—(Hear, hear)—it was (I°l`." •
clear that the transactions ought not to be allow ed to remainil
its present state.—( Significant cheers.) If any falsehe
whatever
were containerrin.the petition it ought to be exposed'e'
—( Hear, hear.) He would therefore feel it his duty to nnove,,
when presenting some petitions in connection with this subjet;
entrusted to his care, that the whole subject should receive t
fullest inquiry. —( Hear.)
ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved that the House, of--
rising, do adjourn until Thursday next.—Agreed to.
ORANGE LODGES.
Mr. HUM E then rose to bring before the House the Me'
tion relative to Orange Lodges, of which he had given noticej
It would be recollected that on the 4th of August last he r,
brought forward the question of Orange Lodges genera';.„'.
The evidence taken before the Committee appointed to
quire into the subject of Orange Lodges afforded to his min,
so much evidence, and so many strong facts, that it hadj.c
pearcd to him absolutely necessary that the last session of 1-7:
liament should not terminate without the House coming,`,4
some resolution on the subject. It would be recollected
in pursuance of' a motion made by him, the evidence, so WI e-0
it was taken, was laid on the table of the House. He
submitted to the House certain resolutions, the object of vrt,ee
was to bring the nature and tendencies of Orange IA"-
clearly before it, with the view of u • e• upon ParliamenlAth:
decision of a question, the settlement of which aware" hie
him essentially necessary to the welfare and peace °fit
country. The Noble Lord at the head of the Home 11-;
partment, however, 'suggested to him that it would be
too limit the resolutions to one branch of the subject
the
Orange Lodges in the army, and to take the opinionof tu
wog
House
thereupon. Knowing that the system was mar ta
fearful inroads, and seeing that it was gradually tending la
sap and undermine the discipline of the army, he complied with
the Noble Lord's suggestion. He now begged to move t,TO),
the resolutions agreed to on the 11th of August, to which hen
the motion was adjourned, should be read. He should be
submit a proposition, to which he considered it the duty ites,
House to lend its most attentive consideration, with the v
of remedying what he could not but, consider a serious eio,
existing. at the present moment in this country. (The rers:ele
tons of the 1 1 th of August having been read, the Honou „at
Member proceeded.) In consequence of the Address of
House, his Majesty issued orders to his Commander-in-cblei
bette,.
to the effect that any military officer or soldier who atteede"