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Gendemtn on the other site: of theFlousc.,'wtrt
braught_ into a dilemma by this ; 'for they '-
must establish, either that they had attacked an Ad,
ministration' which c3escrved prose ins e4l'Of cens
or prove that the inticiry had been r,MothtA` by the
House; whiClf they could never faat •
oftheeae were all diseldsed. in the'Dehate. Ht.
dwelt on the great iricoti'veniene which he. 'app re_,.
tt hendewOuld 'result to Ireland, if this Inquiry should
be instituted, for it would take aw.ly Adrni'ni:.:
stration which had been of 'infinite a..ivantige to
:at a time when it was so essential to the lidiol6
Empire that, those advantages should'btcontinued:
He observed, that he had no concern Whatever with
any part of Administration ;‘ he had .spPken ex ,etly
as he felt, and he hoped that some things he had
submitted had the effcl he intended them to have.

Lord TEMPLE suppntred the Motion for an In.
piiry, and entered muckat l::rge into -the subjea,
in which lie censured the Administration both of
this Country' and of Ireland, for what appeared to
him. tip be not only incapacity, but also -for very
culpable negligence ;..the instances of Which be de-
tailed .minufely, and concluded with givint; ''is
hearty
.assent to the Motion, for which, he said,
Ministers themselves, if they were sincere in their
professions of eagerness ro have their Conrtuft in
this matter investigated, ought io be l.ratetttl to the
Hon. Baronet who had brought the subjeft forward,
thereby affording them an opportunity of submitting
their conduit to the Investigatii.in of a Committee
of that House..

G enern ITAR LETO N said, that lie went to Ire.
11 land in;a military capacity, in consequence of ors.
- ders received from Government, but not until some
days after the explosion had taken place. He had
conversed with a variety of. persons in that Conn.
try, and the general ins ession was, that the Go-
vernment had been taken by surprize. Let them
go to inquiry, and then they would find whether
his information was tight or nor. With respect to
the Gentleman who held the office of Secretary of
State in Ireland (Mr, WlcktiAm) 'lie did not
arrive in Dublin until Some days after the
Insurreelion, and. so. little was he appri-,-,A of
what was like!), to happen, that he made his
return a ;tour, of pleasure, 6:R:wrist:wee_ which,
amongst. others, was a proot that the Govern-
ment were. surprized, as it would naturally be
supposed that they would send notice of any ex_
petted event:of that nature to the Secretary of State,
The condua of Mr. Wickham, however, in his
official. situation,. he viewed with the greatest re_
sped and esteem. The present subject had been
viewed. as a matter of police ; but what should
they, think of Sir Richard Ford if he gave rio in-
formation to dovernment of a Rebel Dep&' a;
Charing.cross, and equally near to the seat of Go.
vernment was, that at Dublin. If they took up the
subject in -a military point
.01 view, could they
suppose that the Government ',ere not slarprized,
when the very first Council of War upon the sub..
jest held by General Fox, the General, in retiring
home, encountered the Rebelz, and one of them was
indebted for his safety to a good pair of legs, whilst
another was forced to take refuge in the Old Man's
Hospital ? The Noble Lord 16,1 stated the "amount
the Capital at 4000, and
„0( the Troops proteding
had said that the Bank would not fail to be.proted-
ed on account of its situation, but the question was,
.how thAr_Fo'rce- was distribute :_ he Lad conversed
with, several Officers upon this, subjeo, and he had
learnt ,that in searching fOr the main body of
Regiment, it was found to consist Of only sixteen
men. It had been said that it was merely an in-
surreCtion of the mob .of Dublin ; but from his in-
. formation, he learnt that the conspiracy had most
extensive ramifications. There was also another
_essential reason which induced him to vote for the
inquiry; when he saw an Officer of distinguished
merit like General Pox, recalled Withotit any reason
being assigned, he (thought that of itself was a
, sufficient reason., why the inquiry should be gone
into.

,Mr. Secretary YORKE said, that the Hon. 'Gee
neral having drawn his opinions from private con_
versation, his statements were to be considered as-
nothing more than hearsay. As it was not his
intention, however, to oppose the Motion, being
convinced that the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland was
anxious that his condud. should be investigated, he
should confine himself to a detail of fads. The
Hon. General had alluded to the recall of General
Fox ; he dittnot know,thatGeneral.FoN had been
recalled, and the fad was, fie believed, that the
Hon. General resigned. A coolnesS had raken plaCe
between him and the Lord Lieutenant, which 'tn..
de6of one* of them necessary. His
had- undertaken the Government
of
when it was thought neces-
Nrebd.
Ireland,
o: Rli:edel.a at Relation
recalloa ntime
nary to conciliate, without at the same' time too
hastily entertaining an idea that the disorders of
that Country were completely healed,. Under these
circumstances, the Lord Lieutenant could hardly
be blamed for not receiving information from every
quarter .too greedily. The Irish Government re..
eeived information in the Spring, that several per-
sons who had been banished front Ireland for trea,
son4kle crimes had returned. After the intelligence
of His Majesty's Message of the Bth of March had
been received in Ireland, the Government of that
Country likewise received information of certain
designs being in agitation, but the general state of
Ireland seemed at the saniz time to be much im.
proved. The Irish Government, however, in con,
segvence of the information it had received,
added to the probable designs of the Enemy,
conceived it necessary to suggest to the Go.
vernment here of su,:unding the Habeas Corpus.
Ad. The Government here thinking ic.was neces-
sary to..have some stronger fads to ground a mea.
sure of that nature, declined to propose it. In this
situation of affairs Gen. Fox arrived in Ireland, on
therst of June, and had various conversations with
the Government upon the state of the Country,..,,
Nothing was however satisfaftorily known at that
period upon the subjeft, except with resped to the
county of Kildare, where a rebellious spirit prevail,
ed, which was thought so threatening on the
rzzli of June, it was recommended to send
Troops into several towns .of that county in or..
der to repress that spirit. Nothing material occur_
red till the explosion in Ntrick-streer, which it
had,, been said arose from. a Powder Mill, but
the fad was, that two or three places were hired