Star.
London, England, 1824-06-04 00:00:00

IRISII T!MYRRECTION ACT.

The Earl of HA It BOWBlMOveliiiie second read-
!ag of the Iri,h lu.tn•reCtion Act Continuation Bill.

Lord CLIFDEN said this measure had been passed
year after ) ear, and he regarded it as little better than
t premium for rebellion. The consequence was, that
the Magistrates were alarmed for their own safety,
while the people were indignant at the steps which the
former were olliged to take. Whenever war should
again break nut, unless more crncessions were granted,
the Irish would rush into the arms of France and break
their irons asunder. Ile had said this before, and he
woald never cease repeating it.
The Earl of LIMERICK roust differ from his Noble
Friend (Clifden) in the sentiments he had addressed to
the house, and particularly with respect to the Magis-
trates of Ireland. As one of the Magistrates of the
comity from which he had the honour to derive his title,
lie was willing to state in the face of their Lordships,
that from all he had seen, the Magistracy of Ireland
were most unwilling to enforce the penalties of the In-
sut Act ; that they were nnwillinfy, to punish if
they could avoid it, and that no punishment was in-
flicted in any case except upon the fullest evidence. He
considered he should not have done his duty to their
Lordships, and also to the Magistrates of Ireland, if
he had not stated his sentiments upon this occasion.—
With respect to the Bill now before the House, and
none of their Lordships could assent to its passing with
more reluctance than himself, he felt himself bound to
support it on the inevitable plan of necessity; for if
some such measure were not passed, all persons who
possessed property in Ireland would be directly aban-
doned to destruction. There was another part of his
Noble Friend's remarks, short as they were, which he
heard with extreme pain. He was confident that Ireland
was too generous and too sensible, in the event of any
war, to take part with the enemies of this country, and
he must attribute such an inferente as his Noble Friend
had drawn, to that extreme warmth which marked all
his speeches on subjects of this kind.
Tne Earl of KINGSTON supported the Bill as one
of those measures which were necessary to the preser-
vation of the peace of the empire, though at the same
time he regretted the necessity their Lot dships were un-
der of passing it.
The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be com-
mitted for to-morrow.

The E•ul of LAUDERDALE presented a Petition from Na-
thaniel Smith, resident in King-street, Covent•garden, who prayed
their Lordships not to suffer the Equitable Loan Company Bill,
now before the I-louse, to pass into a law. The Petitioner, in
support of his prayer, referred to the Golden-lane Brewery, as
an awful example of the evils which such Companies were calcu-
lated to produce.—The Petition was ordered to be referred to the
Committee on the Bill.

Lotd HOLLAND rose, and (as Chairman of the Committee)
reported that the Select Committee of their Lordships, to whom
the Bill for Building a Bridge over the river Thames from Hammer-
smith to Barnes was referred, had instructed bim to report it to
the House without any amendments.
Lord COLCHESTER presented a Petition from the Artisans
and Mechanics of the County of Kent, against the Combination
Laws.

Counsel were called irr, at a quarter to six o'clock, on Worrall's
Divorce Bill, when fresh evidence was offered to the house, which,
upon the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR, was ordered to be
printed, for the sake of comparing it with the former evidence;
and in the meantime it was ordered that the Leidy just examined
should not be permitted to leave London.
Upon the motion of the Earl of Sitarrant:sr, their Lordships
went into Committees of the whole House upon the Hides and
Skins Bills, the Public Charities' Commissioners Bill, the Exche-
quer Bills (X 15,000,000) Bill, and the Scottish 11;i:it Distilkries
Bilk ; which Bills were all reported without any amendments.
At nearly Hilt after Six o'Clock, their Lordships adjourned till
to-morrow morning at ten.