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the most degraded and worthless class ; and that when
unprotected by actual military force, they were made the
objects of the most brutal and cruel tortures to which hu-
man nature could be subjected. Jurors were scarcely in a
heart. situation ; and in such a state of things, the House
were called upon to respect the principles of the British
Constitution, and not to aim at the introduction of any
powers beyond the ordinary operation of the laws. The
Hon. Member for Meath had charged the gentlemen of
that county with great neglect, in not coming forward to
resist the outrages committed in that part of the country ;
but lie trusted that the House would hear in mind
that things had arrived at such a pass that no inter-
ference on their part could arrest the progress of crime.
It had been made a matter of reproach against the present
Government that , they were not prepared to propose
the introduction of poor laws in Ireland ; certainly
the King's Government entertained no wish to intro-
duce into Ireland the system of poor laws which had
been established in England. Many persons, of the high •
est authority, had expressed a strong conviction that the
introduction into Ireland of any system of poor laws could
not but be attended with the worst effects ; and worst of
all, the introduction of the English system. Was there
any man in that House who recommended the introduc-
tion of the English system of poor laws ? There certainly
had been no decision on the part of his Majesty's Govern-
ment against the introduction of poor laws into Ireland ;
but at the same time there had been no decision in favour
of any measure of that nature. They certainly hid not
decided that such a measure would be improper ; but they
had quite made up their minds that the English system
would not do. From the supposed coincidence between
their views and those of the Right Hon. Baronet (the
Member for Tamworth), and upon that supposed co-
incidence. were founded various reports of a coalition
with the Right Honourable Baronet and his frientls.
Now be trusted that it was hardly necessary for him
to say, that for such a report there was not the
slightest foundation ; and he was sure there was no one who
attended to the speech of the Right Hon. Baronet, but
must see that there existed a very considerable difference
between that Right Hon. Baronet and the Government of
the King. The Hon. Member for Coventry had com-
plained of him and his colleagues, for saying that they
would stake their situations and the permanency of the
Government upon the result of the present measure; but
his Noble Friend, the Paymaster of the Forces, l.ad fairly
replied to that, by saying that they would be utterly dis-
graced if they demanded such a measure without the
highest degree of necessity; and that having demanded it,
they would falsify their own assertions by abandoning it.
He fully agreed with those Hon. Members who thought
that in a Reformed House of Commons it did not become
them to assume that they had lost the confidence of the
Legislature on every occasion on which they might be left
in a minority. The present was not a struggle between
two parties, but an anxious effort on the part of the
House to adopt the course which the necessities of the
country required. There hid not been the slightest
attempt at dictation on the part of the Ministers ;
but supposing it were otherwise, had they not been out-
done by their opponents, who said to them, you shall
carry on the Government according to our views, but you
shall, though without power, be answerable for the re-
sult.—(Loud cheers.) It had been matter of objection
against the Bill that it did not afford a sufficient remedy
for the evils of Ireland. He admitted it did not, but it
would go to remedy one of the evils—that of the extreme
insecurity which rendered life and property almost of no
value there; and as to further and other remedies, he
trusted the Howe would do him the justice to believe, that
there existed as sincere a desire on the part of his Majesty's
Government as on that of any of their opponents to re-
medy as many as possible of the evils which afflicted that
unhappy country. At that late hour he should not trouble
the House with any further observations.—(Cheers.)
The House then divided, when there appeared—

For the first reading of the Bill - - 466
Against it B9
Majority for Ministers -377
The Bill was then read a first time, and ordered to be
read a second time on Friday next.
The Orders of the Day having been disposed of, the
House adjourned at a quarter-past two o'clock.

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