The Sun.
London, England, 1804-03-08 00:00:00

TRH' URSDA Y, MARCH 8, 1804.

prosperity of that Country, to conciliate the minds of
the people, and to make them not objeds of jealousy
to the Government, but to make the people as they
wet e in Great Britain, the great strength of the Coun-
try. But since the Union other objections had been
made to motions of this kind ; one was, tlat no mo-
tion of Inquiry ought to be made, unless it was to be
followed up by some pradicable measute ; that ob-
jection, however, could not apply to his present
motion, because he meant to move, "That the House
should resolve itself into a Committee to consider of
the Conduct of the Irish Government on the occa-
sion of the Insurredion of the z3d July."—This
motion appeared to him calculated to produce the
most pradical and beneficial effeCts. If the re-
sult of the Inquiry should be, that the Irish Govern-
ment had upon that important occasion displayed ac-
tivity and vigilance ; it they had taken the proper
means to obtain information ; if they had shewn
ability to discriminate in the information they re-
ceiv ed, between that which was true and that which
was false ; if it should appear that the Lord Lieu.
tenant was firm at his post in the hour of danger ; if
he had issued the necessary orders for repressing the
Insurrection and securing the peace of the Capital ;
it all these fads should be proved by the Inquiry for
which he moved, would any man say it would not
have the most beneficial effect ? Would it not com.
pletel v remove the doubts which were entertained by
the Public of the capacity and vigilance of the Irish
Government ? 'Would it not be the means of increasing
the confidence of the People in that Government ?
The Irish were a brave, .generous, and grateful .
People ; they now looked up to that House to re-
dress their grievances, and to protea their interests :
he trusted that the House would shew them by their
conduct, that they meant to perform the duty, and
that the People of Ireland should not have to assert
that their interests were negleded. If, on the other
hand, it should appear that the Irish Government
had not attended to the information it had received;
if it should appear that they were ignorant of the real
state of the Country ; if it should appear that they
were frequently warned of their danger, and made
no preparations .to meet it ; if such should, appear
to have been the conduct of the Irish Government,
could it be said that no beneficial effeds would re-
sult from, having these fads ascertained, in order.
that an Address might be presented to the Throne,
•in order to remove a Government so incompetent, •
or so negligent ? In bringing forward this motion,
he was actuated by no motives of personality against
any individual whatever; his only wish was, that
a subject of such immense importance as this most
undoubtedly was, should undergo a full and impar-
tial investigation ; and that the blame should be
attributed to those who really deserved it: Hav-
ing made these preliminary observations, he would
now veraLshortly state
.01;1 circumstances that pre-,.
ceded and attended the Insurredion which happened
in Dublin on the z3d of July, IEO3. It appeared
that as early as the month of December, Mr.
Emmer returned from the Continent to Ireland and
► then joined in a Conspiracy which had been already
formed ; this appeared by the Proclamation of the
Rebels, which was found in their Dept, and •
which was to have been published, if the In-
surreetion had succeeded. From that time no.
► thing material transpired till the Month of March, •
when His Majesty's- Message was delivered to
Parliament, telative to the then approaching Hos.
tilities with France. In that month the Con- -
spirators formed, in the very Metropolis of Ireland,
several depots of Arms and Ammunition ; Pikes,
Blunderbusses, Pistols, Military Cloaching,- Ste.
were collected ; and these proceedings were conti-
nued to be carried on without any interruption on
the part of Government, till the explosion of•a
Powder Mill belonging to the Rebels on the /6th
July. Upon that occasion, the Police Officers dis-
covered Pikes and other Military preparations, and
what steps Government took in consequence of that
discovery, it would remain for them to explain.—
But so alarmed was Mr. Etnmet upon that occa-
sion; that he immediately changed • his residence,
and redoubled his efforts to accelerate his prepa-
rations till the z3d July, on the evening of which
day he sallied forth from his depot to attack the
Castle. Men from all parts of the Country were
observed in the course of that day to come into
Dublin, and in point -of fad a great number of them
were armed before they were perceived by the
I Peace Officers. He world not detain the House by
reciting all the barbarous conduct of the Rebels
during the course of that dreadful night. He should
therefore now proceed to examine what preparation
. the Government had made to meet this threatened
attack. That the Irish Government on that occa-
sion did not make any preparations whatever he did
not mean to assert, but he would as shortly as
possible state what preparations they had made.
That the Irish Government were apprised of the
approaching danger by persons of great respedabi-
lity from different quarters, could not he denied,
and it was equally true that this information was in
general received in a very ungracious manner. At
three o'clock on the Saturday the insurrection
broke out, the Commander in Chief was appriied
of the intended rising, and the Lord Lieutenant
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Bard to the precautions that were adopted, he believed
that some measures were taken relative to the Bank,
and to the Ordnance Stores. A Meeting of the princi-
pal Officers of the Garrison was to have been assemb.
led, but that was not to be till after dark; nor were the
different Guards to be reinforced till that time. It
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