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an improved state of things could be brought about.
The Noble Lord (Lord John Ilusell) and the
Right Hon. Gentleman (Sir C. Wood) under these
circumstances recommended the Bank to enlarge its
discounts; and he believed if they had not done so
at such a critical period, that a much more serious
derangement would have taken place.—(Loud
cheers.) That was the part of a skilful pilot
during a storm. Confidence was in a great mea-
sure restored, as persons with good bills could get
them discounted. At Newcastle there was a run
upon a bank, and the manager pf the Bank of Eng-
land in that town had the good sense and lite-
rality to advance money on good security.
Such was the demand that he had to send by
the electric telegraph to Leeds for more money,
and a parcel was dispatched the same day, showing
that the Bank did all it could to allay the excitement
that prevailed, and to afford all the accommodation
in their power. The Government was thererefore per-
fectly justified in what it did. Happily there
was no infringement of the Bank Act, although such
an impression seemed to prevail. He was glad to
find that the Bank yesterday reduced its discounts to
7 per cent. In a short time he believed the Bank
would resume its wonted arrangements, and that
its business would be transacted as usual. The
state of Ireland alluded to in the Speech could
not fail to cause the greatest concern to the House.
There was one part which he was sure the House
would agree upon—that the atrocious crimes which
were a dark page in Ireland's history must
be put an end to in some way or other.
No doubt a thorough investigation would be made,
and measures brought forward to enable her Majesty's
Government to support the majesty of the
law, and to suppress, by all means, the fearful
crimes which were every day perpetrated.
He was happy to see that in her Majesty's Speech
allusion was made to a measure for the social im-
provement of the people of that country. The Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland deserved the warmest com-
mendation for the admirable system which he has
pursued throughout the whole period of the distress.
He had, with great judgment, turned the attention
of the agricultural interest to the improvement of
their crops, and had also recommended that lecturers
should be employed in lecturing in different parts of the
country for the purpose of instructing the peasantry in
the best modes of improving the condition of the
soil.—(hear, hear.) With respect to our foreign
relations, the House would be happy to hear that her
Majesty still relied upon the continuance of amicable
relations with foreign countries. With regard to the
civil war in Switzerland, he was happy to hear that
means would be taken by her Majesty to
endeavour to restore peace to that country.
There were few countries in Europe possessed
of more dignity than Switzerland, and the
circumstance of one of the most important states
in Europe taking an interest in their affairs, and
endeavouring to arrange them for them, would no
doubt tend very much to harmonise their unfortunate
diffsrences.—(Hear, hear.) With respect to the
slave-trade, the House would be glad to learn
that her Majesty had concluded a treaty with
the Republic of the Equador, by virtue of
wl.ish ships of this country were empowered
to search vessels sailing under the flag of that repub-
lic. In pursuance of the system of free trade, there
was no doubt that the navigation laws would be
brought under the serious consideration of the House,
with a view to their amendment and modification.
The subject had obtained the serious attention
of the House during the last session. A
Committee was then appointed to inquire into
the operation of those laws, and an amusing work
had been written upon the report furnished by that
Committee by the Hon. Member for Stoke-upon-
Trent (Mr. Ricardo). A measure respecting the
health of towns, more especially with respect to the
metropolis would, he was hippy to hear, be
t;rol ght under the consideration of the House.
This was a subject which pressed particularly upon
the attention of the House, now that there w ere ap.
prehensions of the return of that fatal epidemic
which in former years had visited this country. He
felt convinced that the best preventatives to the
spread of the cholera were to be found in abun-
dant supplies of water and an efficient drainage
of the streets and alleys of large towns.—(Hear.)
With regard to the sufferings of the working classes,
most cordially concurred in the commendation
expressed by her Majesty of the exemplary manner
in which they had borne their privations.—
(Hear, bear.) From his own personal know-
ledge of their conduct in Lancashire he
felt convinced that they also deserved the respect of
this House. The Hon. Member concluded by moving
the Address, which was, as usual, an echo of the
Speech
Mr. SHAFTO ADAIR, in rising to second the
mo ion, claimed the indulgence of the House upon
the same grounds as that of the Honourable
Member who moved the Address. No person
who had witnessed the severe distress and privation
existing in this great capital during the course of the
1! te stoppage of trade, could fail to appreciate the
feelings which had induced her Majesty to authorise
her Ministers to agree to a proposition which might
have involved an infringement of the existing law.
The course then pursued deserved the warmest
th elks of the House.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.)
With respect to an allusion that the late abundant
harvest had mitigated the pressure of distress, he
trusted that this House would shortly adopt some
measure to ensure, as far as possible, a prosperous
and consecutive employment of the working classes
—(Hear, hear.) With regard to the navigation-
laws, there was no doubt but they required a
full consideration and attentive examination. He did
not, however, imply by examination an abandonment
of those laws, and he trusted that in that inquiry no
prejudication of the question would be allowed to
bias the result to which the House might come upon
the subject.—(Hear, hear.) Prejudication for
the abolition of those laws was equally
as fatal to a full and fair inquiry as
prejudicative to their conservation.—(Loud cheers
from the Protectionists.) He was happy to
hear that cheer from Honourable Members oppo-
site, and he trusted that when called upon to enter.
tain the question they would submit themselves to the
task of a full and fair inquiry into the whole subject.
If he thought the mighty efforts of this empire were
to be crushed by the alteration of these laws he
would be the last to vote for such an event taking
place. But he knew that such would not
be the result. He believed that all that
had taken place was temporary, and would soon
be set right. It would afford the House great
gratification to learn that another link had been broken
which bound the slave, he alluded to what had taken
place with respect to the Equador.—(Hear, hear.)
So long as England was the friend of the slave they
might depend upon it other nations would follow
their example.—(Hear.) England had great weight
in the councils of the world, and her advice and ex-
ample would go a great way to do great good.
He inferred, from the assurance given in her Ma-
jesty's Speech, that a better day would soon shine
upon the world, and that that which was now dawn-
ing beyond the Alps would soon extend to these
kingdoms.—(Hear.) With regard to the health
of towns, it was hardly necessary he should refer to
the subject further than to express a hope that no
delay should be allowed to take place in bring-
ing forward some measures on the subjects—.
(Hear, hear.) The cholera was already approaching
the shores of this country, and the sooner attempts
were made to arrest its progress the better.—
(Hear, hear.) There was another topic alluded to
in the Speech, which he approached with a
great sense of oppression on account of the
overwhelming interest of the subject; he alluded
to the melancholy and dreadful events that had
lately taken place in Ireland.— (Hear, hear.) To
render life desirable it must be made secure.
—(Hear, hear.) The State had the right
to demand an account of the spilling of the blood
of its meanest subject.—(Cries of "Rear, hear.")
When he reflected on what had taken place
in Ireland, knowing as he did what the
people of Ireland were, he must confess that
his heart sickened at the contemplation.—(Hear,
hear.) Former outrages had something to extenuate
them, but those that had lately taken place had
none. In former times the madness of poli-
tics might lead -men into crime, but, thanks to
the Legislature, no such, thing existed now. It was
horrible to see the gigantic figure of daily
murder raising its head in Ireland. He be-
lieved that these fearful crimes might be
checked by the law as it at present existed.
without resorting to force, but at all events life must
be preserved, and if it could not without re-
sorting to military force, it would be far better
that that should, be employed than that such
dreadful murders should be allowed with impunity.
But while it was necessary that they should have re-
course to measures of a coercive nature, it was
equally necessary that they should accompany those
measures with plans that may be well adapted for
instructing and educating, while they improve
the general condition of the people.—(Hear, hear.)
It would be the duty of the Legislature to set the
people of Ireland a moral example, and to teach them
to look to the Government of the country not
only for protection against the musket of the
assassin, but for instruction in virtue and encouragement
in doing good also; and while it was the duty of Go-
vernment to seek out and bring the criminal to jus-
tice, it was equally their province to teach the people
that a distinction could not be drawn between that

racter—he thought it his duty to address
the house on the sul jest of that Address.
He would not allude to the speech of his Noble Friend
the seconder of the address, because he had under-
taken to second it at a short notice.—(Cheers.) The
first and most important subject alluded to in the
speech was the distress, and he would do her Ma-
jesty's Ministers the justice to say that they had not
attempted to hide the universality of the distress,
but they alluded to it without showing a single
reason why they should indulge in the slightest hope
that that distress could be alleviated. There was not
one •f their Lordships who would not join in the
expressions of admiration expressed by her Majesty
for the fortitude with which those distresses had been
borne, but although the speech expressed her Majesty's
Lamentation for that distress, and her lamentations
over the state of Ireland, although the speech ex-
pressed lamentation for the past anxiety, for the
present, and apprehensive of the future, yet the
Ministers cautiously abstained from stating their
opinious as to the causes and the remedies for
this state of things. He called upon them
to throw themselves upon the country—to
throw themselves upon their political opponents,
who, if they (the Ministers) would take the lead, as
their position called upon them to do, would willingly,
laying aside all party spirit, aid and assist them in
passing those measures which were required for the
salvation of the country.—(Hear, hear, and cheers )
He would not be slow in carrying to her Majesty his
approval of the assistance which the Ministers in the
last extremity had extended to the commercial com-
munity, but he could not but express his belief that
had the relief been extended sooner it would have
been more effectual—(Cheers)—but still he gave them
credit for having dared to violate the law, and by
violating the law to save the country.—(Cheers.) He
would not, however, hesitate to express his opinion
that the Government required an Act of indemnity
fur the violation of the law.

[LEFT SPBAKING.]

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The SPEAKER took the Chair to-day at Twelve
o'clock, and the swearing in of Members was proceeded
with. Among those who were sworn we noticed
Mr. Hudson, Sir John Yarde Buller, Lord Robert
Grosvenor, Mr. Wodehouse, Mr. Bankes, Sir J. Pak-
ington, General Lygon, Mr. Tanered, Mr. Wilson
Patten, Mr. Redhead Yorke, Mr. Dillon Browne,
Mr. John O'Connell, Mr. Greene, Lord Euston, Sir
R. Fergusson, Sir James Graham, Mr. Oswald, Mr.
E. Ellice, Mr. W. Evans, Mr. F. O'Connor, Mr. F.
French, Mr. Currie, Mr. Ewart, Mr. G. P. Scrope,
Captain Harris, Mr. Mitchell, Sir E. Hayes, Sir E.
Buxton, Mr. Childers, Mr. Maxwell Fox, Mr.
Lowther, Mr. Heald, Mr. Clifford, Lord Alford, Mr.
Houldsworth, the Right Hon. F. Baring, Mr. J.
Hume, Mr. B. Cochrane, Sir Lucius O'Brien, Colonel
Rawdon, Mr. Forbes, Sir Charles Douglas, and Sir
Jollife.

Shortly after two o'clock Sir Augustus Clifford
appeared at the bar, and summoned the House to the
House of Lords, for the purpose of hearing her Ma-
jesty's Speech read by commission.
The Speaker, accompanied by about 200 Members,
immediately proceeded to the House of Lords.
After an absence of about a quarter of an hour, the
Speaker, accompanied by the other Members, re-
turned, and the House immediately adjourned till
a Quarter to Four o'clock.

The House resumed at Four o'clock, when about
forty Members were sworn in, amongst whom were
Lord George Bentinck, Mr. P. Cobden, Mr. Charles
Buller, and Mr. Villiers. The swearing in occupied
some considerable time, and long before it had closed
the House became tolerably well filled with Mem-
bers. On the Treasury side there was scarcely a va-
cant seat, but the Opposition benches were not so well
filled. Still there was a thick muster of the Oppo-
sition, and some time before the mover of the Address
rose to deliver his maiden speech the House presented
an exceedingly animated and interesting appearance.
Mr. Feargus O'Conner took up his position on the
Opposition side of the House, on the front bench,
next to Lord George Bentinck, with whom he held a
long conversation. Sir James Graham was early in
attendance, and resumed his former seat on one of
the back benches, but Sir Robert Peel did not arrive
till about half•past four. Shortly afterwards Lord
John Russell, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and
Sir George Grey entered the House, and they were
immediately followed by the mover and seconder of
the address, who were attired in militia costume.
The SPEAKER intimated that Members who had
been elected for two or more places must, within 14
days, elect which place they will sit for.
Mr. HARCOURT gave notice that he should
move that "a loyal and dutiful Address to her
Majesty, praying her Majesty to exercise her
Majesty's undoubted prerogative of summoning
within her Majesty's realm of Ireland the Peers
spiritual and temporal of that realm, and the
knights, citizens, and burgesses thereof, in order
that her Majesty may take counsel with the same in
regard to the great and manifold derangements and
sufferings of that kingdom."—Agreed to.
NOTICES OF MOTION.
RAILWAYS.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
gave notice that, on Tuesday next, he would move
for leave to bring in a Bill to extend the time for
the purchase of land by railway companies.
THE RECENT COMMERCIAL DEPRESSION.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHFQUER
gave notice that, on Tuesday next, he would move for
a Select Committee to inquire into the causes of the
recent commercial distress, and as to how far it had
been effected by the laws relating to the currency.
CRIME IN IRELAND.
Sir G. GREY gave notice that on Monday next
he would move for leave to bring in a Bill for the
prevention of crime and outrages in Ireland.
THE UNION.
Mr. FEARGIIS O'CONNER gave notice that
on Tuesday, the 7th of December, he would move
for a Select Committee to inquire into and report
upon the measures by which the Legislative Union
of England and Ireland had been brought about and
upon the probable consequences of the continuance
of or a repeal of the union (as we understood).
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Mr. C. ANSTE Y gave notice that on an
early day he should move for the return of a num-
ber of papers connected with the administration
of foreign affairs in this country from the year 1829
down to the present time included, to illustrate cer-
tain charges of high crimes and misdemeanours which
it was his intention to bring against the Noble Lord the
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.---(Laughter.)
DECIMAL COINAGE.
Dr. BOWRING gave notice that on Friday next
he should inquire of the Right Hon. Gentleman, the
Master or, the Mint (Mr. Sheil) '.hat steps had been
taken with respect to his proposition to establish a
decimal coinage?—(Laughter.)
ISLE OF MAN.
The Hort. MEMBER also gave notice that on the
same day he should ask the Right Hon. Gentleman
the Secretary of State for the Home Department
whether it was his intention to move the appointment
of a commission to inquire into the civil and criminal
judicature of the Isle of Man.
ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION.
Mr. HORSMAN gave notice that, on this day
fortnight, he should call the attention of the House
to the manner in which the Ecclesiastical Commis-
sioners had carried out the Act of William IV.
ADJOURNING DEBATES.
_ _

Mr. BROTHERTON gave notice that on Monday
he should move that when the adjournment of a
debate was moved and seconded, the Speaker should
adjourn the House without putting the question.
THE QUEEN'S SPEECH.—THE ADDRESS.
The SPEAKER reported that he had attended the
House of Peers this day, and that her Majesty de-
livered by commission a most gracious speech.
(The Right Hon. Gentleman then read the Speech.)
Mr. HEYWOOD (who wore the uniform of a
Deputy-Lieutenant) then rose to move that an
humble address be passed to her Majesty for
the gracious speech which they had heard
that day, and in doing so he
said he had
to request that indulgence which the House
usually aflbrded to young Members who for the
first time rose to address it.—(Hear, hear.) He
felt that this indulgence would be the more
needed by him, because he was not en-
abled to congratulate the House upon the
prosperity of the country. He regretted deeply to
state that the commercial affairs of the nation had
been for some time past in an alarming state of de-
pression. The cause of this depression was, pro-
bably, undue speculation in railways that
speculation which so peculiarly characterised this
iron age in England. The capital authorised to be
raised by Parliament for the construction of lines
amounted to no less a sum than 299,000,000/. ;
161,000,000/. had been already paid upon shares,
leaving 138,000,0001. more outstanding. This enor-

sous capital was of itself enough to cause a crisis
and to lower the income of the country, but
when to this was added the deficient harvest

of last year, and the failure of the potato
crop, and that these disasters led to a great dimi-
nution in the demand from foreign countries
for our manufactures, and that great poverty
existed throughout the country, the house could
not fail to see that all these things must

have materially acted upon the manucturing
interests. In Manchester, where the cotton trade
was settled, the weekly demand had decreased from
30,000 or 31,000 tons weekly, in 1845, to not

more than 20,000 at the present time.
Besides this, there had been over-speculation in
Calcutta by the large East India houses—over-spe-
culation in corn, and the result had been very great
depression in trade,andgreat difficulty was experienced
in getting discounts even upon good bills, and it was
generally conceded that some time must elapse before

criminal or the parties who prevented his falling into
the hands of the law. They must teach
the people that to harbour or conceal a
criminal was a great 'crime, a great moral crime,
that ought to be punished with as much severity as
the criminal himself—(Hear, hear.) He had heard
with satisfaction that while the Government were

ready to vindicate the majesty of the law,

TUESDAY
_EVENING, NOVEMBER, 23, 1847.

by punishing the criminal and suppressing
outrage, they would be no kss prepared to resort to
remedial measures. It, was not his province to antici-
pate what those remedial measures were, or to speculate
upon the probable reception they will meet with at
the hands of the House ; but, if he mistook not, those
measures would be highly calculated to develop
the almost inexhaustible resources of the sister
kingdom. Those who had travelled through the
country as he had done, and witnessed her vast re-
sources, must be aware of the-existence e f a wide field
for the exertions of the Legislature in spurring on the
people to industry and wealth. From experience
he could tell the House that great good might
be accomplished in this respect, and he should
look forward anxiously for the success of those mea-
sures which might be introduced, with the view of
developing the boundless resources, both agricultural
and commercial, of Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) 11 he-
aler such measures, or similar measures, would
be brought forward or not he could not
venture positively to say. He thought he
might be permitted to call upon the House not to
look to those remedial measures for any immediate
success. The blood of the Saxon was not infused
into the veins of the Englishman in a day, nor could
Ireland be regenerated in a day ; but let gene-
ration after generation continue to make untiring
efforts fel- her improvement, and the Legisla-
ture every time it met would have cause
to congratulate itself that its exertions had been
gradually productive of improvement in the sister
kingdom. But the Legislature could only assist the
country in improving itself. It could not, by its
own resources, and with its own measures,
reform the condition of Ireland, and he hoped
the people of that unfortunate country would
readily second the efforts of Parliament. In
the belief that the objects he had dwelt upon, it
carried out, would promote the welfare of Ireland—
that if a large, general, comprehensive, intelligent policy
were adopted, would alone tend to the regeneration
of that unhappy country ; and believing that such
would be the policy of the House, he begged leave to
second the address.—(hear, hear.)
The SPEAKER then read the Address, which was
merely an echo of the Speech.
Mr. H. GRATTAI4 rose almost at the bar, and
said he deeply regretted that he was compelled on
this occasion to address the House. The Hon. Gen-
tleman, who appeared to labour under a severe cold,
and who, consequently, was not heard distinctly,
proceeded to say he had thought that the crisis which
had occurred in Ireland would have been
avoided. Nothing, he assured the House, but an
imperative sense of public duty actuated him,
and other Members from the sister kingdom
with whom he had hitherto acted, to rise.
He had aheard her Majesty's gracious Speech.
Some parts of it met with his entire satis-
faction ; other portions he had heard with great
regret. He was sorry also that many parts of the
speech of the Hon. Mover and Seconder did not
call forth in him corresponding sentiments of satis•
faction, because he thought there were other means
of probing the wounds of Ireland than by means of
a speech. Some parts of the speeches, however,
he had received with satisfaction. He wished,
however, that the Honourable Gentlemen had
devised some means by which Ireland might be
extricated from the false position in which she was
placed. He wished the Hon. Seconder could have
propounded some panacea for his unhappy country,
instead of giving it a l :tune upon agriculture,
as he did not think that his propositions
would afford salve to the wounds of his
unhappy country. They had full time to discuss the
question, for England was at peace, her character
stood in high estimation, and the new slave treaty,
like the 20,000,0001., had added new laurels to her
crown. France submitted, and America would not
meddle with them. They had, therefore, plenty
of time for deliberation. The Honourable
Gentleman looked forward to the day when the
union of the people of the two countries would
be stronger than at present. But he did
not think that an union of poverty was the
best, and that Ireland should come every day
here with a petition of distress. Her condition was
deplorable, and the murders they read of were hor-
rifying. The union he wished to see, and it was one
that would promote the happiness of the country,
was an union of concord, and not merely of parchment.
He saw an union of parchment but not of affection.
The amendment he now proposed was one affecting
both Catholic and Protestants. He reprobated as
much as any one the horrible crimes and murders
which had disgraced his country. He thought that
that country ought not to submit to be stigmatised
either as a nation of beggars or marauders. They
were neither one nor the other. The Lord Lieutenant
had lately stated three things—that the Poor-law had
not succeeded ; that it had not been fully carried
into effect; and that he trusted that Parliament
would soon adopt some efficient measures. Now,
what were those remedial measures ? Was it the
Landlord and Tenants Bill ? Was that a Bill which
could be called an efficient remedial measure ? It
was not ; it would not cause a social compact in
Ireland. The landlord and tenant question is not
a social one. There were parties in Ireland who
thought that enough had not been done to mitigate
the distress of their country. They had to
return their thanks to many individuals who had
acted nobly and liberally.—(Hear, hear.) Those
persons had won for themselves the heartfelt thanks
and gratitude of all parties of Ireland. Their names,
though they were not known, would be remembered
with feelings of gratitude.—(Laughter.) Those
whose names were known would receive the warmest
thanks of the people of that country.—(Hear, hear.)
With respect to the distress of the country, he, with
other Irish Members, was not of opinion that
sufficient has been done by the Legislature.
The poor-law would be of no service. Nu-
merous boards of guardians had refused to carry
out that law, and had in consequence been dismissed.
The property of Ireland was in a great degree gone.
He knew one nobleman who had an estate of 7,000/.
a year; of this sum 6,0001. went for interest, and all
th-at he had to live upon was 1,0001. a year, and that
he could not collect.—(Laughter.) This would give
English Members an opinion of what the rental of
Irish property was. There was one parish in Cavan
in which the whole amount of the food
was under seizure for distress. What, then, was
the state of things ? The moral distress existed, the
poor-law could not relieve it. The whole of the food
was under distress, and yet the wretched individuals
still lived. Would not that account in some degree
for those horrible acts of assassination and crime
which had recently taken place ? He held in his hand
copies of five hundred and fifteen letters from
Roman Catholic clergymen, in answer to letters
sent them by the Relief Committee of this
country stating the numbers of persons in distress
in each of those parishes, the length of time which
the distress had lasted, and the means which
had been adopted to remove its pressure.
The Hon. Gentleman then read a statement in cor-
roboration of the observations he had made, and
having done so, asked the Members of her Majesty's
Government whether they thought that a poor-law
would do for Ireland. He thought before her Majesty's
advisers had prepared her Majesty's Speech they
would have done well to have consulted with some
Irish Members on the subject.—(Hear, hear.) If his
Noble Friend at the head of the Government went on
the same materials as be
had done he would find that he was taking a wrong
course. Men in Ireland wonld not now collect the
poor-rate, although they had been offered 25 per
cent. for doing so. The great cause o.
misery in Ireland was its absentee landlords

what was to be done in this state of things P u Why,
let them send back the absentees; let the landed
proprietors discharge their duties, and they wovld
have very little disturbance. Why did not
Lord Palmerston go back to his estate in Donegal ?
—(Hear, and laughter.) They had heard whispers
towards the close of the last session about

selling up the lush landlords. Well, he bad
no objection to that, nor had he any objection
to sell up the Noble Lord whom he had just named.
Why did not Lord Lansdowne go back to his estates
lie certainly had no fault to find with the Noble Lord's
agent, although he had built two-storied houses for
the cattle, which the cattle could not get up to; but
let Lord Lansdowne go back to Ireland and do his

duty, and they would hear no more of these shocking
complaints. No man more lamented the present
state and condition of Ireland than he did, but
if the English absentee were allowed to con-
tinue receiving rents, and to leave his tenants
to the mercy of the assassin, he saw no
prospect of a change for the better. No one more
despised those who violated the law—those who set all

morality and good govern men t at defiance, or those who
sought to establish a system which should set man
against man, class against class than he did; but
it was not by agricultural lectures that they
could get rid of such villians. It was
only by enforcing the absentees to return and do
their duty that they could hope to brit), about a
reformation in the present state of Irelani.°—(liear.)
Ejectment was the chief cause of the outrages in
Ireland. What had the poor man to depend upon ?
Nothing. He had seen men, women, and children
turned out of their cottages, and left to die in ditches in
a way that was disgraceful to a Christian country.
He cried shame upon such conduct. He trusted the
Noble Lord would carry out the law, and hoped
the Irish Members would aid him ; but there
was one law which they could not carry
out. The law of ejectment directed the
sheriff to put the landlord in possession of his
land; and father, wife, and sickly children were
turned out of their houses. They fired the houses
to satisfy their revenge, and the law could not
therefore be carried out. How could they expect
the people who were treated thus to do anything
else than seek to gratify their deadly revenge. He