Star.
London, England, 1807-08-04 00:00:00

I but to rave the cenntry froth rttrt, i-te was forty to
have taken up fo much of the tittle (tithe Houle ; but
he could not, for the reafons he had sriven, help fay
ing thus much on the flobjee of thnfe ass, in which
he differed from his Right Hon. Friend. He then
adverted to that part of the motion, which had for
its immediate ebjeff an inquiry into the (late of Le
land ; and in confidering that fubjeCl, he fhould divide
it into three held, viz. Education, Acricul site, ani
Religion. W.th refpeet to the firtl pa• t, Education,
he thought plans might eafilv be adopted, which
would aorosee the miff beneficial purples. There
were in Ireland corfiderable funds appropriated for
the advancement of the education t.f the people, hilt
thole funds had been wooly mifapplied; to much fo,
that dimwit they am dotted to upwards of scoot. a
year, they only fupported 18 free fcholars. Much
ineptiry had frequently taken place on this fubjeet ;
and it had hren found carat the matters had not done
their duty. and the fut.& had been greadv ;dtted,
and much m fufed. He had himself taken coefider-
able pain, on this (Wife, and'ltoew that the prefent
matters were moll' ot tiom god men. There mull
theref re have been great rnifmana.!ement in thole
funds hatina, hen experi, .1, with on producing a
greater rune nr of fret scholars than t 8 He thought
it would he better than to have the prefent number
of fcfrools, to Submit to h.tve tw • great fchools, fOr
the education he higher orders ; lot when a little
fchool was planted. it was forty pat aliaed in ope-
rations. By the law of Iteland, there Ili Adel be a
free fehool is. every dittcele. and these beim: 34 din
cefes in the country, the!, ',gin to be 34 ceran
fchnols; and if thole were a:'dett to two eat public
fchools, he though! thole w Itilficiei t for the
education of the hiAlter or.lets. By the law ,d I eland
these mud he a fc.o of in every I-Al rih, st bit
ed in number to 2200 t.4lllile- ; .1•C C ae,e o ft w
ever, mote than aoo foools, and tr. fe only eslncio
ed r 1.000 perf its It there was a ch lin ever* A•
ri h, I e 'Fought that wou d he inffic en, for the edoca-
tion r f the c mm n who •• et:. in hi of
a people of a literati lion f mind, and given to our
tOirs of that n owe. l'he fc n I neat( on tt hieh he
fhnuld otch, tva• the Agriculi ore cut the color ty
He a 01-gized to ti e Hoot toi a trodocing thi• fub
u-fich he fh -tut! no. 11 ve (foie. had it t been
urdcr c r.fid tati n of the H site durio, the lateAd
mini 'ration. In 'his article the great ••hjeet would be
the modification of ,vthei, •1 fete were two modes,
he fait. by which rya es might be modified; one was,
a mode in which the farmers and owners ofiand paid,
f• much In hay, fo much for corn, &c. which WAS
an idea recognized. Another method was commu-
ration by land ; but this had not been fo much in
praCtice All the ditturbances in Ireland by the
White B •ys the He.nts of Steel, the Peep of Day
Bor. and the Thrathers, had arifen from the op
preffi nof t) thes. It this bone of contention voild
once be removed, ii would do more for the peace
of the country than could well be conceived. The
Houk oeed not pledge itfelf to any meafttre but he
was fore they could not proceed too fpeedily : and '
there was no grievance, the removal of whicn would
give filch general fatisfaCtion as that of mites. The
next objeeion which he Should touch, was religion ;
aid, on this head, we had nrs right to inquire farther
than as to the probability of its influencing the Roman
Catholics to form alliances with, our enemy, who are
of the fame perfuafi .n. The quellion then to be con-
fidered was : Would the Catholics join the natural
enemy ? If they did not, if they fought againfl him,
las they (hared in our dangers, they should (hare in
, your rights. He had no doubt but the great ma-
jority of the Catholics in Ireland would take up
arms againft the common enemy, and he was the
more confident in this, from what had lately taken
place. He then adverted to the Addrefs of the Pro
tellant Grand Jury to the Catholics in the county of
Kilkenny at the late Aflizes, in which the Grand
Jury congratulated the county that there was not a
fingle perfon to be tried for (edition or diflurbance of
the public peace. And the Catholics, in their anfvrer,i
attributed the peaceable and tranquil (late of the
I county to the harmony and unanimity fubfifling be
I tween the Proteff ants and Catholics ; andthey pledged
themfelses to join the Proteflants in preferring the
Ipeace of the country, and in uniting againff the cern-
, mott enemy and preventing the growth of French
I principles, and the evil of French domination. From •
fuch fpecimens of harmony he hoped the belt results;
and if the people of Ireland faw their situation in its
true light, if they had (lrength of mind to bear their
calamities with fortitude, the care and attention of
Parliament could not fail to mite them. in the
ftrongeff and clofeff bonds of union. It would not
be neceffary for them to look to Holland, to Genoa,
or to Switzerland, to fee the effees of French inter-
ferettce, which had entailed, on them, in return of
their ancient rights, a (late of the bafefl flavery and
'the viten oppreffion. They would rather look with
gratitude to the zra of 1779, when they recovered
their trade, and to that of 1782, when they reco-
vered their Conffitution ; and, impreffed with thole
advantages, when they law Parliament attentive and
delirious to remove thole difadvantages under which
they (fill labour, and which were prefunsed to be
done away by the Union, he had no doubt but they
would all join with heart and hand in combat the
common enemy; and we might then hid defiance to
any power that might attempt to attack our united
Empire. He therefore fully approved that part of
his Right Hon. Friend's motion, which went to a
confiderati rn of the (fate of Ireland, but not of that
which aanded to and condemned the two Bills lately
paired.
Mr. DILLON fpoke fhnrtly on the fame grounds,
and exprefied his approbation of the arguments ufed
by his Right Hon. Friend who fpoke
Mr. WINDHAM Paid, that no man was more im.
prefied with the importance of Ireland than he was ;
that the inhabitants of that country were in general
loyal he had no doubt,but that there exilled a French
party there every man mull acknowledge. if the
late meatilres were harth, they were to by neceflity ;
and being fo, he mud object to all declamation upon
their feverity. When his Right Hon. Friend (Mr.
Sheridan) indulged hirnfelf in this way, he fhould
recollee he was (purity(' a willing hot se, which, if
inhumanly goaded, might throw his tidcr. He was
doubly fearful of holding -Ist expe&tations to Iteland
wl en he tecolleeed the dmited means we had of la-
; istying them. lie did not appruve of that part Of
his Right Hon. Fs: iend's rootimn which c. ndemned
i;AI Lad recently been done, with the reit he hear-
tily concurred.