The Sun.
London, England, 1817-06-07 00:00:00

STATE OF IRELAND.

Mr. Vzs&Y FITZGERALD liatiog moved that
otlv bt iodued for the 13,oroodh of•Chippen-

loon, 'in the room awe Aixht lion. nottert- reel,
'who had been reliant:4 for Oxiold.
Nlr. PoNsonav said; he did not rise for the pur-
pose of objecting to the motion ; but as it was,
itcreference to the return of the Right lion.
Gentleman (Mr. Peel), connected with the state
of Ireland, he wished to lose not a moment in
callitig the attention of his Majesty's Ministers to
the deplorable situation of that part of the king-
dom. This was so great as to admit of no farther
delay. The scarcity of provisions was so extreme
as to be painful for every body to hear, and
greater than any body could imagine. He hoped,
therefore, that any thing that could be done to
afford the people relief would be effected imme-
diately ; as the distress was so great that the mit
calamitous consequences were daily occurring. It
appeared to him that there Wab no one article of
provision which would just now be so advanta-
geous as rice ; and he hoped that Government
would boy up all that could be got, and send it
oot to it eland, that it may he quickly and cheaply
'distributed.
Lord CASneitEAGH UMW assure the !light
non Gentleman that nobody could be more in-
terested in the calamities to which he had called
the attention of the Mime, than all the*Menthers
of his Majesty's Government ; and he could also
assure him, that hit Right Holt Friend, for whom
tht Writ was now moving, had long since devoted
laic mast serious • attention to this alarming (lit!! ,
tresii,„ , st,intOlegree a remedy had beett already
epplied, as the ditty on rice had long keen taken
eti.'—(Hear, hear !)-4lis Majesty's aOveruthent
had also taken other measures for checking the
, distress thai'might otherwise he expected to in-
crease in the course of the present year, as well as
to diminish ft in the next. They had procured a
Supply of iced Corot for that country, which would
%vet ate on the (Inutile principle of saving !nod for
this year, Rilti seed corn for the next. He could
Hustle him, that his Right Hon; Friend woold
incessantly devote his attention to 1114 Subject
but it was not ssithin possibility folly to relieve
Ireland troni.what not only affected her, but this
• and every other country •in Europe. if compa.
raiive distress could be any consolation, wc might
derive it fiesta :the certain knowledge that the
tires sure we laboured under was nothing in com-
parison with the misery that afflicted all the other
et-booties of Europe, particularly to the South-
ward, where the people were in a state approach-
ing to absolute famine, such as never bad been
known to prevail so generally before.
The Writ was then ordered.
The Irish insurrection Act Committee, the Re-
port on the Irish Recognizances, and tharon the
:tiherilfs of Ireland, were severally Postponed till
Wednesday.
The CHANCRGLOR of the F4XCIIECIURR MOVed,
that the douse at its rising do adjourn till Mon-
day.

Mr. BEN NETT brought up the Public [louse
Regulation Bill, which was read a first, and or-
dered to be read a second.time on Friday hex!.
Sir J. NEwrowr, moved for, Copies of all Let•
ters that have passed between the Lord Lieute-
nant or his Chief Secretary, and the Loyd Chum-
eellor of Irelitod, relative to the appointment of
Sheriff.—Agreed to,
IiXTtNTS IN AID.

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Mr. W. SMITH said he rose. ttt move for leave to
present a t'itiiioii connected with a subject which
was to have, bet,ll bilitight forward this day, hot
which, he understood, had been again postponed.
rt, stated one of the most estraordhotry sod op.
pressive cases •that bad ever attracted the notice
of the Noose. 'lke Petition was from a person
flamed T. Stelyn, ; firmer and cattle•deaier, of
Waltham Ahhey ; and never was such a compli-
cation of injuries nespcd on, the bead of a single
individual, chill ipso, 64 waaka ago, had had the
whole of his property swept away from hint and
sold, under at, Zxtent in Aid; he had also been
thrown and had loin there ever Since;
and becantie he was nominally detained at the suit
of the Crown, be had no means of being. dis-
charged, either by Bankruptcy, the Insolvent
Act, or any other mode. Thus, not only he
could not be relieved, but be Was even deprived
of claiming from his creditor the paltry pri-
son' allowance. The party at whose instance
this writ was suet! out had been a Eaoker and Se-
,cretary to a Fire. Office at Norsvicb. Such a
person gives nominal security to the Crown for
the payment of the monies received by him as
deaths insurances. Now he would contend,
that it the Extent was issued against his, effects,
it would attach those of the whole Society of the
Fire (Mee; but he had made use of the most
'Seandalott and ittrstUMlS pretexts—of every thing
&hart of perjury ; and an innocent man, 60 years
.of age, had, in consequence, been ruined, and lain
more than a year in Chelmsford Jail. The prayer
of the Petition was, that the (louse, in its wisdom;
w,,uld afford him relief ; that he had applied to
the Court of Exchequer, who had returned for
aiiSvrcr, that they could do nothing in his ease ;
and that since his confinement he had been re.
tatted to absolute want, and been afflicted with a
paralytic stroke, Am..,
The P.:!ititin being brought up and read,
51r. l'itoTitettele said, he must take this oppor.
(unity of stating, that he had received a eariety
cuses complaining of the oppressions under the
eXisting laws. Ile thought it of great importance
that the measure should not be delayed for ano.
tier yeAr, in consequence of the distrented Biwa.
lino ut the country, and because the agitation of
the question had made people more acquainttd
with the mode of issuing these writs. lie thought
it should be a principle iii the proposed Bin, that
.1;0 events in aid should be granted in cases of
tintple contract debts, which would sweep away
the whole string of petty nuisances.
Sir Junta NtorrOaT Was happy this subject had
been once more taken tip. What must be that
I4tv which would not bear being promulgated
siPto,,gst the public, because it instructed them
1.) I► A' to oppress and injure their innocent neigh-
? c,utld say that, till last year, no such
measitreas au extent in aid had been applied in
that ittrr of th,,cotiotry to which he bOotiged:
lac botleil liotige would not, stop till they had
examoicti `-?.stem to the bottom, and rescued
ti,e Cu oval -the djltract of such obnoxious •

proreedilig..!.
'1 lie Ci-,,AscgLimk of the I;xerivearen sit;(l, it
,A,ts t,ii intpiry !shout-A t, vi,tde

CM that rothieet ill !I-11ton% *ttlo ra %lel of kttettti •
witiii4 the remediet. for protecting thejtift COTS
of the Ctown and the people. .He *peed that it
would he very inexpedient to delay the proceeding
now before the House, in the hope that any thing
that might be produted hereafter wont(' be more.
advantageons. But as the Bill was now framed,
he had tint beard - a tingle objection to it. The
second reading would take place on Monday.
Mr.• BaIiCLAY ihntight the Bill by nirmeau- cal-
culated to ans‘ver the object it professed. The
whole appeared to him to be so bad that it ought
to be examined by a Select Committee.
The petition was then ordered to. Ile on the
table and be printed.
In answer to a question front time ticsticer,Lost
of the ExcnEQUELL, who was tmtlerstood to ask it
the Him. Member, could pledge
,h,Mself for the
truth of the facts contained itt the Petition ?
Mr. W. SMITH said, he bad inquh•ed of 1113ar-
dater who had been concerned in the prosecu-
lion,, and he had assured him that he had kno,,en
the Petitioner ever siace he himself was a child,
and that every thing that was. related in the
petition was literally true. lie • (Mr.•kitnith)
had not the least doubt upon ..the subject.
The Hon. Gentleman then went a conSiderable
leitgth into a detail of the injuries to which hum.
cent met) would still be subjeated.by the measure
before the Uotoie : he alieded to the many efforts
he had wide ever since the.beginniug of last'Ses-
shm.,.Oo'procure from Miti)sters-alirtiper remedy
for the evils of the existing systetrii-antl concluded
with declaring, that unless a Select Committee
were appointed, he should oppose theitill before
the lipase in every stage. }le hail lint his hand
to the plough ; the soil was a. rank one, :out he
would 'not stop till he had rooted up the weeds.
On the motion of Mr. Ptut.i.tes, the Order for
calling over the House was postponed frOm the
9th to the lath instant.
Mr. WAVNE moved for Returns of the number
of persons holding situations in the dices of the
Auditors of the Exchequer, of the Teller of the
Exchequer, the Clerk of the Pens, the ‘Varden of
the Coyle Ports, the Governor of the Isle of
Wight; Bte.--The motion teas agreed to.
Siruilsr motions, respecting situations held in
Irelend end Scotland under offices now to he
abolished, were moved for by the Wile Hon.
Gentleman ; and after a few words from Lord
Castlereagh, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
Sir J. Nan-port, and Mr. Huskisson, agreed to.
Mr. GOLILBURN brought up copies of Colonial
Acts, pursuant to an °inlet- of the House. These
copies bad been Called for four years since. The
causes of the delny be briefly explained; and then
gave notice that, before the t ertnioat ion of the Ses-
slim, he should move that these papers he return-
ed to the office from. Which they were nirw brought.
He was tout aware that any objection could be
made to this, as it would be more easy to refer
to them there, when they should be printed and
arranged, than it they were kept in their present
for m.

Mr. W. SMITII had no objection to what had
been .proposed by the Hon. Gentkman, provided
they could .be deposited by the commeneetneot Of
die next Sessou ot Parliamtot in the place re.
,cil•ve(l for them, in onv of:their Committee rooms.
Ile thimgbt it would have. been well it theortler of
the ifouxe hail been conflated with soriner.
Mr. G Otutbt sho,jed that Ito blame attached
to hint fur their not being produced at an earlier
period.
Sir S. Row:ILLY thought it proper that these
6110,,1tl be returned to the Office of the Se-
cretary of State, ot which but one copy had
reached this country ; but be thought the House
ought to he put in possession of st copy ot the Co-
lonial Laws.

Some farther conversation took place, in which
Mr. Goolhurn and Mr. rreston participated ; alter
which the papers were mitered to be laid on the
table.

The Irish Election Laws Bill was read a second
dine, And ordered to he committed on Monday.
Mr. GOULBURN presented a copy of an Act re-
lating to the Slaves in the island of Barb:Woes.

A new conversation arose on the subject of the
Colonial Laws, in which Sir S. Hominy, 11 •.
Guniburn, Mr. ereston, anti Mr. W. Smith took
part ; after which the paper was ordered to he
printed.