The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-29 00:00:00

MALTA.

In reply to a question from Mr. GOITLBURN,
Mr. HAWES stated that the effect of the appoint-
ment of a civil governor of Malta would be to place an
increased charge upun the army estimate.
NEW WRIT.

A new writ was ordered for Thetford in the room of
the Right Hon. W. B. Baring, now Lord Ashburton,
who has been called to the House of Peers.
STATE OF IRELAND.

On the order of the day for going into a Committee of
Supply,
Mr. S. CRAWFORD moved that the present dis-
tracted state of Ireland demands the instant attention of
Parliament, with a view to tie speedy enactment of
such measures as may be iaecesary to improve the con-
dition, redress the grievances, and establish the just
rights of the Irish people, and thereby promote the good
order and prosperity of that portion of the United
Kingdom, and give increased security to her Majesty's
Crown and Government. It the House assented to that
proposition, he should follow it up by another similar to
that which had been proposed by the Noble Lord in
1844, via., that the House resolve into a Committee of
the whole House'to take into consideration the state of
Ireland. On this occasion he appealed to British Mem-
bers of this House on behalf of his unfortunate country,
and the question was, what was to be done for Ireland?
If they were ignorant of what was to be done for Ire-
land,it was their own fault, for they had had the infor-
mation on their records for years. He took this up as
an English Member—as an English question. He charged
the British Parliament and the Government with having
deeply wronged his country by a long course of op-
pression. He charged them with being the perpetrators
of wrong, as they could redress it, and they would
suffer if they did not redress it. When the Noble Lord
moved for a Committee on the state of Ireland in 1844,
he had said—Why is Ireland in the condition of being
occupied by a military power ? The condition of Ire-
land, if it was bad then, was infinitely worse now. The
general condition of Ireland might bo collected from the
report of the landlord and tenant commission. The ac-
count of the Irish in that report was, that they were
badly housed, badly clothed, badly fed, and badly paid
for their labour. Again, in the poor.law inquiry com-
mission we had a record of the condition ot Irelan
thd.
foe
commissioners described a great pportion of
pulation as insufficiently provided with the common
cne-
cessaries of life, as inhabiting wretched hovels, and
lying in straw which was insufficient to cover them.
The state of Ireland was such that men were obliged to
live upon a meal of potatoes in the day, and
sometimes less than a sufficient quantity. In
fact, an extermination of the
hi peoplelst was go
ing
on to a certain extent, and w Woosorrates had been raised in some parts of the country, no
exertion had been made to give a reproductive and proper
employment to the people. There were vast tracts of
land lying waste in Ireland which might be brought into
profitable cultivation, and why, he would ask, was that
the case? It had arisen from misgovernment and op-
pression. Why were the people in so deplorable a con-
dition? It was in consequence of partial and unjust I
as
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pelaws, which had inflicted for centuries evils upon Ire-
land, those laws being enacted by a British Parliament.
The people had
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were ; a
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wase landlords
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result of if
involvedioastaitiei tolfie
tide o
starving. The demands of the Irish
ople
actuallywere
jus-
tic© had been refused • over and over again,
since the union, but previously.
union they demanded a free trade
with England, and were refused,
grossest corruption were brought
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to t Grattan,hos e people for jus-
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