The Sun.
London, England, 1868-03-10 00:00:00

CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.

In reply to Mr. W. LESLIE,
Lord R. MONTAGU said it was not the intention of
the Government to bring forward any measure to roader
more compulsory the isolation of persons suffering from
small pox or scarlet fever. Tho law as it at present stood
was quite sufficient for the safety of the public.
THE STATE OF IRELAND.

Mr. MAGUIRE then rose to move the following rose-
! lution :—" That this house will upon resolve itself
into a committee, with the view et taking the condition and
circumstances of Ireland into immediate consideration."
He said, in bringing forward this subject, he had to
ask for the indulgence of the house whilst he did so, be-
cause it was a motion of the gravest description.. He
thought the time had arrived when the condition of
Ireland might be considered irrespective of party and
sectarian feeling, because at that particular time
its towns were now such as only could be com-
pared to a beleaguered place ; its barracks were
crowded with soldiery, and there were in addi-
tion to all that a force of 13,000 constabulary, all
armed with the most deadly weapons known to military
authorities. The station-houses of the constabulary were
being loopholed—there were gunboats in the rivers,
and there was " watch and ward" all round
the coast in looking out for suspicious cruisers.
(Hear, hear.) They had had trials in all the
courts, and also by commissions. Thera was unusual
searching of houses, the ransacking of whole streets in
search for arms; and, to crown all, the Constitution was
suspended. Any man now who spoke freely his
mind on the present condition of Ireland was looked on
with suepicion, and, in fact, such was the stet° of personal
liberty in that country that it was to be equalled
only by that enjoyed by the subjects of the
Emperor of Morocco or the Kin.- of Abyssinia.
(ffear,• hear.) The state of Irela'nd in 185 1 was
nut to be at all compared to what it was in 1867, and
it was altogether ridiculous to contrast the state of things
of these two periods. It appeared to him that from human
causes alone the pro luctive power of the country was
going beck, and the reason for such a state of things
was that the farmers were beginning to lose befit
from a want of security, and withheld their means from
those laadlords who were not guided by a higher law than
Parliament enacted. The towns of Ireland were falling to
decay; of course he excepted such places as Dublin, Cork,
Waterford, Limerick, and one or two others, but with that
exception a sense of despair seemed to fill the minds of the
traders in the other towas, and their only hope appeared
to be in emigration to other lauds. And what was the state
of Irish feeling at the present moment ? If he said there
was lgeneral discontent, he thought he should be using a
mild definition of it, but if he said there was almost
universal disaffection ho should be a great deal nearer
the truth. He did not say Parliament was responsible for
all that existed, but for a great deal of it, and it had in a
great measure been brought about by the attempts made by
England to blot out the history of Ireland. (Cheers from
the Irish benches.) What had England done for Ireland
since she had assumed the responsibility brought about by
the Union. Why, the manufactures of the country have
been destroyed, and trade and comm, rot : lam t .
annihilated ; and, then, how was the Union
brought about ? Why, its perpetration was dark and
hideous. It was effected through terror of false promises
and corruption, and all the great and brilliant inducements
made at the time had been totally and systematically dis-
regarded. Cork had been promised docks and
arsenals, but we should like to know when it
was likely they would be erected. Other and great pro-
mises had been made for other places, but like all that he
had said, they were altogether passed over and totally dis-
regarded. One of the great grievances of Ireland was the
state of land tenure. (llear, hear.) He had spoken seine
time ago to an American gentleman who inquired the
reason that the land was not so freely cultivated
as it ought to be, and when he was told
that the great want was security by 1 eases,
he said such a thing was an almighty grievance, and
that they would deal with such a system in the
country at the other side of the Atlantic by revolu-
tion. He (Mr. Maguire) did not go to that
extremity—he did not think that revolution was the great
panacea for national suffering—(hear, hear)—ho had a
strung hope in the wisdom of the people, and in
the wisdom of those who occupied important
positions in Parliament. Let them but bring forward
measures to improve the great and crying evil that existed
in respect to the tenure of land in Ireland, and a great
thing would be done towards destroying that feeling of
disaffection and discontent that existed—(heer, hear)—,
though that groat but unfortunate country, whimli
instead of being one of the most glorious appen-
dages of the British Crown was a constant
thorn in the side of Great Britain. (Hear, hoar.) Too
many in Ireland held their property at the will of
others—(hear, hoar) -and until that state of things
was altered—until Ireland was pacified—which she could
only be by having justice done her. Until that was done
it was hopeless to hope for a restoration of tranquillity and
contentment in the country.
iLEFT SPEAKING.]

LONDON GAZETTE-THIS EVENING.

INDIA OFFICE, lancir 9.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Frederick
Augustus Barnard Glover, Esq., of the Bengal Civil
Service, to be a Judge of the MO Court of Judicature at
Fort William, in Bengal.

INDIA OFFICE, Man= 9.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Duarkanath
Mitter, Esq., to be a Judge of tho High Court of Judica-
ture at Fort William, in Bengal.

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