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London, England, 1833-03-01 00:00:00

therefore, was given on the strongest conviction of the
necessity of the Bill. An Hon. Gentleman, in a debate
some nights since, quoted portions of speeches delivered
by various persona on a former occasion, and as if proud
in the cnneciousneee of his own immaculate pm its. charged
them with inconsistency. But that Hon. Gentleman
should have remembered, that the ereat objection taken
by them to the Bill of that time was, that its execution
would be intrusted to the magistracy of Ireland. They
fully concurred with him (Lord Ebrineton) in the pro.
priety of granting additional powers, and even of invest-
ing the Lord Lieutenant with authority to declare martial
law, and enfo ce the provisions of the Insurrection
Act, rather than enable the magistracy to try persons
without a jury. To military tribunals he was cer-
tainly averse—be disliked superseding trial by jury in
any part of the country, but in his conscience he be-
lieved that, in the present distempered state of Ire-
land, a fair trial by jury was impossible, if jurors
could be found at all. Objecting, then, as he did to en-
trusting the execution of the law to the magistrates of
quart, r-sessinns, it was fortunate that the members of
courtsmarial would be able to come to the consideration
of any question submitted to them perfectly tree from
party prejudices and local f eling. At the vane time, he
hoped that the officer' of higher rank than that required
in the Bill should alone be eligible 'o thope.ceurts. The
Government was assailed, op the one hand,.with clamours
that the present laws, without any additional powers, were
sufficient to quell disturbance ; and on the other, they
were charged with having delayed ton long the application
for extreor inary powers. Ministers ha,l certainly shown
greet- reluctance to apply to Parliament, and perhaps the
excessive delay might be deemed a dangerous offence. He
was aware that they had incurred a heavy responsibility ;
but from the tenor of their whole lives, he was convinced
that no consideration would sway them but the ultimate
good of the country : and that not only they, but the
Noble Marquis at the head of the Irish Government,
would Ilse there great powers as sparingly ae possible.
Mr. H. L. BULWER moved an adjournment.—(Cries
of " No, no s" " Divide, divide.")
Lord ALTHORP had no objection to adjourn, but he
thought the debate might well terminate that night, were
it not that many gentlemen, who had not done so yet,
were under the necessity of speaking. Some gentlemen,
certainly, in consequence of what had taken place in the
early part of the debate, felt themselves called upon to
address the House. He thought, however, that they
should come to come understanding about the time of end-
ing the debate.
Mr. O'CONNELL—I disclaim being a party to any
such bargain. No man has a right to dictate to me what
course I should pursue. lam the representative of the
people of Ireland.—(Loud cries of " No, no," laughter,
and much confusion.) lam the representative of the
capital of Ireland, and I believe there has been no petition
against my return.
An HON. MEMBER, (we believe) from under the gallery,
objected to the Hon. Gentleman's assuming the title of the
Representative of the Irish people.
Mr. O'CONNELL—I meant of the capital of Ireland.
--(Loud cries of " Oh, oh.") It is not, however, more
necessary for me to take a share in the debate than any
other gentleman, but it is my duty to endeavour to secure
a full consideration of the present Bill. When I deem it
proper to address the House, I shall do so, according to
any own discretion and opinion.
Lord ALTHORP—I am quite aware I have no right
to dictate the course of any lion. Member, but I have a
right to express my opinion.—(Loud cheers.)
Dr. BALDWIN had been much censured by his con-
stituents or having taken no part in the debates..-(Loud
laughter)—but he was firmly determined to express his
sentim nts on this the most despotic and uncalled-for
measure that ever appeared before the liou,e of Commons.
The cries of " Divide," now became general, and the
gallery was cleared for a division on the question of ad-
journment. No divi-ion, however, took place, and the
deba e was accordingly adjourned.
The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and
the House adjourned at a quarter past twelve o'clock.