The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-12 00:00:00

hear.) Amongst them were to be found many of the
brightest as well as of the worst of their class; but when
they looked to the spirit that was rising there, and when_
they were told that on the awning struggle property
would be utterly powerless, it should be recollected that,
if the English power were swept away, the wildest and_
the most subversive schemes would prevail, and peeert
would be left a wreck amidst the heaving billows around.
it.—(Hear, hear.) During his political career he had
always supported the rights of Ireland, and be had been
a party with his Noble Friend the Member for Lynn
to the scheme for placing the great trunk railways
of Ireland. under Government superintendence.
(Hear, hear.) He thought much still remained to be done
for that cottntry—(Hear, bear)—and he would be
always ready to promote those measures which he con-
sidered had beeh left imperfect and incomplete.—(gent,
hear.) He was ready to consider the question of len
lord and tenant, the sale of encumbered estates, and eel
practical amendment of the poor law that could be seg,
gested. He knew that his Noble Friend at the head et
the Government would bef ere that debate closed state the,
views he entertained respecting the future couree,
policy towards Ireland, and of the many questions which
pressed with so much weight and care on his attention'
there were none which he was so unwilling to peatP°he
as those which related to Ireland.—(Hear.) But e
agreed with the views which had been exprez.sed a;
article in the Journal des Daa:, that it was not repeal.
or revolution that Ireland wanted, but regeneration.---
(Hear, hear.) The people of that country possessed
many at, ractive and brilliant qualities ; and he would
again repeat what had procured censure for him beforee
in Yorkshire, that he believed there was to be loupe.
a greater absence of theft amongst the males, and 111:
chastity amongst the females, of Ireland than ibis
country.—(Hear, hear.) There was `eereat
amongst them one towards the other. But while he P',lo
what was but a just tribute to their many virtues,
went d
could not shut his eyes to their failings; and they wee
the patient and persevering industry of the Saxons'
(hear, hear.) He had heard it said in America that an
Irishman, when placed between a Scotchman and
Yankee, was the perfection of a settler, because on the
one side he learned from the sobriety and industry of the
Scotchman, and on the other he was incited to activiti,
by the go-a-headednes of the Yankee.—(Laughtere!
He believed much the same thing would take place by
cordial union between the three countries.—(Hear,
He need not remind the House that in every field where
glory and credit were obtained for this country, Irl.s'*
men contributed a more than proportionate contributta•
He need not mention the names of Burke, Sheridan'
Grattan, Plunket, and O'Connell—the laurel of
ton and the lyre of Moore. But the Hon. Member NI.
Limerick told them that if they embarked in a contest
with Ireland, and denied the repeal of the union, lb:
would b e successful. Amidst the shock of states ethic"
was going on around them tar be it from him to calms'
late to which side success would incline. The arbitration
rested with him who sat in the circle of the heave"'
But though the line of success might not be clearly
marked, that of duty generally was.—(Cheers.) But
when those men in Ireland who were desirous of mate'
taming British connexion, and who asked this country
for its countenance, guidance, and protection—when he
felt penhaded that their cause was the cause of truth
and right, and the cause which he believed to be essential
not only to the permanent greatness of England, but to
the real happiness of Ireland—he felt that it was one
which they could not and would not abandon.—(Cheers')
Mr. REYNOLDS moved the adjournment of the
debate tiil Thursday, which was agreed to.
SITES FOR CHURCHES IN SCOTLAND—FREE-
DOM FROM ARREST OF MEMBERS. —HOB.
SHAM ELECTION.
Leave was given to introduce the following Bile 00
these subjects:—
Bill to enable Religious Congregations to obtain Sites
for Churches in Scotland.
Bill to enforce and render more effectual the Laws re'
lating to the qualification of Members to sit in the
House of Commons, and to provide for the exclusion
therefrom of persons who shall be proved to be ullebi°
or unwilling to satisfy their just debts.
Bill to promote further inquiry into Bribery and Cot"
ruption alleged to prevail in the borough of Horsham.
The House then adjourned at Twenty minutes to Otle
o'clock.