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temporary, and that :within a Short time he should
be enabled to gratify their wish. He trusted,
flier A?re, that the House would give him credit
forliaving- Said as much upon- the OccaAion as was
consistent with hiS diziy, and that he' had hewn a
disposition to make a full chmmunication to the
House. The Hon. • Gent:eman then adverted to
that part of His Majesty's Speech which expressed
a hopc, that such His .Majesty's deluded Subjects,
as had been seduced from their allegiance, would,
by comparing the'different degrees of freedom and
happiness enjoyed by those Who live 4 under the
British; and those who lived under the French Go-
Vtrnment, be brought back to a sense of their duty.
This the Hon. Gentleman considered as conveying
the idea that the late Insurreetion was entirely in_
litigated by France ; and he had contended that we
litight,to do justice even to rebels, the leaders of
Whom had denied a wish to introduce the French
principles 'and 'g overnment into that Country. He
new. perfeCtly well that declarations had been
made by some of the persons who weir Considered
as leaders in the late Rebellion in Ireland, that they
did not mean %y their Insurreetion to further the
views of the French Goverrunent in Ireland, but he
was bound in troth to add, that if the same deck.

ration had been made by all of those persons, it
Would not have been true. There certainly was•a.-
connexion between persons concerned in that Re.
bellion in Ireland, and others in France, who wish.
ed to introduce that form of government which had
represented in His IVl.4jesty's Speech as form.
ing a'contrAst with the British Constitution, He

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meant, therefore, to say, that that dectarattow,.
though made ,hy some-of these persons in a Way that
did tan lead him to doubt thtm, could not have
• been made with truth by all the persons concerned
in that Conspisaaj;. In the former. Rebellion in
Ireland, he believed that Most' of cheer Who were
engaged in it, did not wish 'to establish the French
'Government in Ireland; but they were desirous
of borrowing, the aid of France to enable -theth
establish their own principles, which must ultL.
mately end in their becoming the slaves of France.
It was therefore by no means unfit that the People
of haul& whatever their views might be, should
be apprized of the conseqoence that 'must result
from their soliciting the aid-of France anti led to
ompare the different principles of :he two Govern.
ments, by which means they • iwould see the misery
whichstheir conduct} Would tend to bring upon their
Country, The Hon. Gentleman had said, that we
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ought to exPres.s our.wishes that tranquillity. might
be 'restored in Ireland, rather than our hopes that
it wits restored. F r his own parts he not only
entertained-Wishes but the' moat )tinguine hopes,
that the comparison which the People :of Ireland
roust have' made between the,,a,v4o.
'pottered change in- die' opinions,' not of all, but
of a considerable number of those who had been se.
duced from theit-allegianee. With regard to what
the Hon. Gentleman had sold about the probability
'of any 'change in the.sentiments of the People of that
Country, as it was at present circumstanced, how
far it would be proper at present to agitate Such a
question, it would be for the Haute to determine.
Vor his oWn part, lie was not aware of the poseibi-
of discussing the situation of the People of Ire.
land at present in the Way the lion, Gentleman
wished, with any possible atlviUnage. Upon the
propriety Of keeping their minds free from any pre:
r •lice upon this subjed, it was not necessary to-
'give any pledge.. lie .certainly would keep bis
tnihd in an unprejudiced state, and it the subject
Should be bronght into diseussion, he would listen
attentively to the arguments of others, and state
temperately his own opinions. He was not aware
!that there 'were any other emints in the speech of
the non. Gentleman, to which it was necessary for
him to adsert. lie felt great satisfaction in the. per-
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'4.l'inn that the 'dispoaitiott which the Hon. Gentle.
man had manifested, was that which prevailed
throughout the Howe, viz. to,carry to the foot of
the Throne their unanimous determination vigour.
cushy to -support Hie Majefry at this momentous
crisis. Ai there was therefore no probability of
any tiffterenee of oPinitin, it was not necessary for
bim to trespass any longeramon their attention.;
Sir FRANCIS 73URDE7"r said, it was not his
'lntention to disturb the unanimity of the House, by
giving any opposition to the Address, but he' rose
to call their attention to a subject cif very great ha-
portance, and which seemed to him iodic comieded
in some degree with' the crestiots thetounder diScos.
lion. The •subjed to cs hich he alluded, was an
evil which had, sprung nut of the V ,lonteer System,
"which had been the theme of so-much praise, and
boon -which he did ,not mean to 'throw any blame.
Without giving any opinion upon the general sys.
tem, it appeared to hint that very serious evils
tnighe arise from it if they. were not checked in
time. He should therefore think that he had aitic
done his duty. to the Public, if he did not tall the:
troition of thr flottse anti of Ministers tO.llte
ilea. He begoed leave before he proceeded any
farther (in or& r to prevent misconception, or what
was mire j r b,hle, misrepresentation) to say, that
lie had no intenti-in of crimioating the Volunteers of:
this Country, r even the Corps of which he meant
to complain. There were. many circumstences
arising froni the present state of Affairs which might
exculpate them, but nothirg could exculpate Ali.
,sisters if they did not prevent this evil from spread.
Lig. He held in bis hand an. Address from the
Committee of the Volunteers of St. Giles's and St.
'eorge's': this Paper, appeared to him to be drawn
op in a manner-calculatcd to extort money from the
Inhabitants: of tbat Parish, beyood what they
ih"ught prier' to subscribe for the Corps. This'
Paper 11,reatened, that.the names of such as would
not subscribe-should be published. This threat ex-
tended to old and iefirm persons, and even to the
either sex, if they did not come forward with fur-
thee subscript ions, If Volunteer Corps -were to be
allowed to come forward with atoi in their, hands
to ache for money to he expended upon themselves,
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ft would prodiice the worst consequences, and mien
ultimately tend to subvert the Constitution. This
Was a matter of such importance that he thought it
necessary to call the attention of Ministers .to it, be-
mire hope that they would render • it unnecessary for
him to tnention it again. With respea to the
Corps in luesti a",, Ire agaio repeated that lie did not
nieart to criminate theme: their motives might be
'txcelleptaa-they might be mistaken t and it there