The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-05 00:00:00

CONSTABULARY FORCE IN IRELAND.

The Marquis of NORMANBY said that, when he had
given notice. of his motion, he had been exceedingly
desirous to bring it on without the smallest delay ; tut
on the request of the Noble Duke opposite (the Duke of
Wellington), he had consented to postpone it till Fri-
day. In the absence of his Noble Friend the Secretary
for the Colonies he was led to believe that it would be
inconvenient to her Majesty's Government to reply to
the question on that day. This was unfortunate, but
they had no other resource, for another Noble Lord, the
late Secretary for Ireland (the Earl of St. Germains),
was equally in possession of the facts with his Noble
Friend. lie bad been in communication with the ex-
ecutive, and could, therefore, give a satisfactory ex-
planation of all the circumstances upon which
lie desired to be informed. His Noble Friend (Earl
Forteseue) had agreed to postpone his departure so as to
meet the convenience of her Majesty's Ministers, but he
thought it better to bring the motion on, and wou!d,
therefore, postpone it till Friday, but no longer. He
then hoped that the Government would be able to give
the explanation without any further delay.
The Duke of WELLINGTON said that his Noble
Friend the Secretary for the Colonies had been unable,
from indisposition, to examine tho documents, with
which it was necessary to be acquainted, in order to re-
ply to the Noble Marquis's inquiries. He wished to do
this, because he desired to give his opinion on the
matters whtch the Noble Marquis intended to submit to
the House. in consequence of his inability, the Presi-
dent of the Council (Lord Wharncliffe) had consented
to go through these returns, but he was also indisposed,
and unable to attend the House. The Noble Lord, too,
to whom the Noble Marquis also referred (the Earl of
St. Germains) was also unable to attend the House, for
he was absent from Londoi. Now, he (the Duke of
Wellington) was anxious, if the discussion came on at
all, that the matter should be discussed by those who
were able to throw light upon it, and, therefore, he hoped
that the Noble Marquis would consent to postpone bis
motion to some future time.

The Marquis of NORMANBY said that he was aware
that his Noble Friend was responsible for the whole of
these returns ; but still he thought his presence was not
absolutely necessary, for he believed that the Noble
Duke himself, or any other Noble Lord, would be quite
able to master the whole of these papers in twenty-four
hours. Taking the whole of the circumstances into ac-
count, and the great importance of them, and the excite-
ment which prevailed respecting them, he could not con-
sent to any further delay than Friday. He had himself
been called by the Duke of Portland, from the country,
at twenty-four hours' notice. Should the Noble Duke,
or any other of her Majesty's Ministers who were pre-
sent on that day, be unable to-give an answer, he would,
of course, postpone it until some future period, but, at
present, he felt it his duty to fix the day for bringing on
his motion on Friday. He gave notice, also, that on that
day he should move for a return of all the outrages which
had been committed in Ireland during the same period.