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London, England, 1803-07-29 00:00:00

tesa the condeft of the Parliament of Ireland with-
resoed.to the late oninromare Rehr'lien in that un.
fortunate Country ; that Assembly was obnoxious,
• bit unjustly so, to a great deal of unfoueded oblo..
guy—they were called the seditienius and'abettors
in Treason, bloody and unfeeling, and such like epi.
theta, very unjustly applied ; oo the contrary, it was
the system and dispositiop of that Assembly to follow
upevery mouse taken by the Rebels and Insurgents,
with a remedial provision, or -measures intended
as ao general paeacea.. If it erred On it was in
-carrying this system too far. Be thought it should
'have come forward boldly anti manfully, and atinpt-
' ed a system of strong preventive Measures. With
scope& to the measures proposed in the present in.
stance, they were, he should contend, strictly
speaking, measures of noirey,. and such its skewed
the lenity and benevolence of His ,Majesty's GO.
vestment. On the important and delicate subject
of the British Conititution, it would ill become
him to speak, but, according to his idea of it, in
• Periods of , Insurredion, or •of great or palpable
(Sanger, a power vested in' the King to proclaim
Martial Law throughout his realm, such, if, he re.
eolleded righily, • was the opinion of that. profound
Lawyer, -Lord Ctike, who says, 41 ',chat the sound
of the Trumpeter drowns the voice of the Cryer I''
as such; arol in other points of view, in which the
Noble Fool considered it, he repeated, those now
proposed to be adopted were emphatically measures
of mercy-s-Recurring then to she idea of the este.
blishmero of a common or .general Militia for the
Usiool Kingdom ; he observed thkamonnt of the ,
present Militia was 18,000 men ; there was some.
thing in thepeculiar circumstances of Iteland, prin.
cipally with reference to the unhappy religious
differences which subsist in that Country, and the
influence ohms Clergy of a certain description have.
tiro', a numher of individuals in that Coatitry.—
It was. far u i thin the scope of poSsibiiity, that cis...
cumstances may arise in which the Militia Soldier may
be callal upon to fire upon the Priest who brought him
up (so we. understood the )4oble Earl), or upon some
near relative, &c.: but if his Corps served in this'
country, no such disastrous considerations could ex.
itit—he may have the common enemy to encounter,
and spins' him the 'lrills Militia Corps would slit-
, play all their native energy and' courage. He did
not mom, Were a Legislative provision to be made
On this occasion, that the reciprocity of service
should bccompulsory, but merely optional, to ens.
ale, the respective Corps to serve in different 'parts
of the United, Kingdom, if so inclined. After
dwelling some time ort this head, the expediencrof
width' he strongly- enforced, he adverted to the •
Measures about to be proposed at 'pretienr by His
Maiesty's 'Government—lie seemed to, cuitsider the
siopeesion'uf the I labeas Corpus Act In that Coon.
try as a very desirable measure,. not only with a re.
leo:nee to'.its first :and most immediate objed, but
with a view to the proteCtioo and security of the
inhabitants
loyal and peaceable of Ireland. - It also
may not be expedient to' surfer persons who were
inimical to, or likely to' *disc against the Con-
stitution to remain at large, or those'who'were evi.
dimly hostile to it to • enjoy its benefits. ' After
dwelling some time with great force and died on
these considerations',, his Lordship expressed his -
hearty acquiescence in the Mares,.
The question was then put, and the Address voted
nem. din. and the Lords with white staves ordered
to present the same to His Majesty.
After Some routine business was disposed of, their
„pattishipti proceeded to the Order of ihe Day for
,t jilting His Majesty's Message, relatiaee to a Pee-
bion for the House of Orange, into elinsideration,
' Lied HORART merely observed, that in the ab.
sense of a Noble Friend, through indisposition, he.
came forward—he, however, in the present stage
, -of the business, deemed it necessary -simply to move
an Address to His Majesty on theorceasion of his
graCicios communication.
Ills• Lordship then moved an Address, 'which, as.
usual' on such uccaSions, corresponded with the nes.
sage, 'promissing to ' take the subjet into speedy
coosideration, and to Conellf, 80. V. , ' • '
' On the geestion being put, -
lord 11,1101011/11Y rosy awl delivered his satiti.
, meats on the subjed at some length."' He thought
Ministers SIMUttl lay proper information upon the
' sobjefto or enter into some explaustions, before they
called upon their Lordships to concur in such Ad.'
chess. The Noble Lord
_referred. to the oireutn.
stances of the case from the period of the Treaty of
' Ainiens until the; present time, and seemed to think
'othat Ministers, had they interposed in a prot,ea
'manner at an earlier period, or tided with a neces..
sary degree of policy or' circumspection, the present
measure would have been unnecessary. At any.
' rate he thought some explanation should be given
before' that House were called upon to concur in
voting away such a considerable sum of money as
60,0001. together with an Annuity of r 6,0001.
Lora' HOBART, in reply, observed generally,
that the Noble Lord's 'abaci vatioos had no hearing
whatever upon any thing regularly before the House*
As to the Treaty of Amiens, its merits had-been
repeatedly discussed in that Home ; as were also
the comlud of His ivlajesty's Ministers, respecting
the orders audCOOnter.nrkni dispatched relative to
... the cape:. all these had met the approbation of that
House, and the sandion of Parliamentsit was,
therefore, unnecessary farther to dictiss them. As to'
the grant of tbooe, and a round sum of 60,0001.
to the illustrious Family in question,,; there was nu.
thing of the kind before the fiouse..,
The question was then put arid the Address voted.
The Lords with White Staves were •ordered to
wait titian His Majesty respeding the same.
- , It being moved that the House should- adjourn
during pleasure, the Losto.Coattot Loots took the
' iopportimity to observe upon the great importance
.
ol the Standing Orders, which aheir Lordships would
,
probably be called upon in the course of the eveo.
tog to suspend. At least such a consideration should
not take Place in a thin House, and he expressed his
`Nape that the attendance would at the next meeting
(probably abOut tight o'clock) be as full es it was
then. .

A temporary adjournment then took .place. -
About eight o'clock the CttAxcELLoit
came down to the Howe,- anti in about- halt ate .hour
after the House was regularly resumed:
After their Lordships hod waited same time,
The tot: t 1.k,0v, of the Exciatto URI Atttail •