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pressien of the feeling of that Hortseseete.not weft-
,
confine himself simply to.pultitw.44, Resolutions-int.,
.sary biloritihatigitutioo could bevaimesk,. *had .0e hands of the Chairmatt..;,74lo liaisixtpikdk were
lately betViittifbligst liti and4t did not aripett! to *en read, and severally agreed to.-- , -2, i .:- •
him that on eithsetd r .
l ofireladd,appea,red I Mr. Gement. and Mr, Izicitstign pad-milieus
likely to be sati.Wed uritsth e Ilailiameny had pro. ito the Chancellor of the Ex. trequer. as to theAiitivi-
nonneed its opinion. There was no doubt of the tion.in which persons would be who bad compounded
good intention of the Right Honourable the Chan-' for their Assessed Taxes)
cellor of the Exchequer, but to him- the grounds TheCHANCEILLQR of the EXCHEQUER said,
stated by that Right Hon. Gentleman, why discus- that such persons would have the:4464le ePliadi!
Ilion should not take place, were so many reasons i measures. The view he took of it was this.A verses
why it should not be delayed a moment—(!Wear).— I who had compounded for £lOO. Assessed:Tin= fir:
The pet nal character of the Right lion. Gentleman, well upon the first Fore per Cent. as upoo.tlio4nkii..
the Attorney-General for Ireland, was under impu-1 tional Five under the Act of last year; 4.6uttt dour
tation, and therefore no time should be lost in re- only pay for I:50.. ' . . .
lieving it from that condition. The importance of The house resumed, and the Report Was ordered
the subject to the Irish Government, and to the coml. to be received on Friday.
i given not!,
.e, relative to the Combirratlon of Joutymen., ta
try at large, were reasons for tin. same course being hlr. PETER MOORE pstpot!ed the motion of which te.
nes
pursued. It wits necessary that the opinions of the
ira
day se nnight. •
British Gentlemen of chat House should be publicly this:1
declared, in order to calm the disquietude which had
Feet) excited ;-and he therefore claimed for his coun-
try that the subject should receivezhe earliest possible
attention. He lOOked to the Hoc. Member kilo had,
moved the t etut n of these papers, far the appointment
of the very first convenient day on which the question
could be discussed--(Hear, tear).— Ile would ask that
Hon. Member where was the necessity of having these
papers at all ? After the indictments presented to
the Grand Jury had been ignored, he would ask why
they had been followed by ex.o.gc:o informatioo?— j
(Hear, hear).—And -this was matter of notoriety.
There were the public records of it, and it might h„ :•e.
been ploceeded en at once, without the delay of
moving for papers—(ica:).—lle again entreated that
the subject would receive the earliest possible consi-
tieration, as being of the most vital importance to the
peace of Ireland.
Mr. CROKER said, he had looked at the two last
motions with surprise, and should have risen to ex-
press it, had he not felt unwilling to place himself
in opposition to the course which the House seemed
to adopt without objection. But he did feel strong
doubt as to the propriety of the interference of the
House with legal proceedings not yet closed, and
upon a motion to be thus granted on the moment,
without previous notice or consideration. Ile did
not mean to deny the power of the House so to in-
terfere; but that right had always been exercised
with extreme caution. He left it to the best judges
of Parliamentary practice to say, whether there was
a precedent for such a line of proceeding ? Would
it not be better and more consistent with the ordinary
course of such measures, to have given notice of
these motions, and, then to have debated upon the
necessity of having the papers produced at all ? Ile
rthought that, rather than establish a precedent, and,
.ass he thought, a bad precedent, it would be advisable
for the lion. Member to withdraw the last motion,
,which was not yet,carried, and give notice of it for
Another day, when it could be fully discussed.
Mr. BROWNLOW said, that having had the ho.
moui to shesi his motions to the Right Hon. Secretary
of State for the Home Department, to the Right
Lion. the Chief Secretary for Ireland, and to the
Attorney-General for Ireland, and they having stated
that there was not the slightest objection to their
being granted, he thought no 'blame could be at-
tached-to him for the mode he had adopted;—:(Hear,
Missy).—Having procured these papers, it was natn-
rally expected from him that he should make them
the ground of some ulterior measure. This he should
;certainly do, and without loss of. time; for he was
one of those mho considered that the matter had
already slept too long without notice. It was, there-
fore, his intention to bring the subject before the
,House early after the recess, and as near to the day
on which the Catholic Question was to be discussed
as possible. He should state to-morrow, or next day,
wben he had examined the state in which business
Stood, the precise period at which his proposition
would come before the House.

Mr. A BERCROMB Y dissented from the objection
taken by the Honourable Secretary to the Admiralty,
as to the motion before the House. If the law pro-
ceedings to which it related had been still pending,
then the objection would have been valid. The Ho-
nourable Member seemed to purpose following up
his motion for papers with the proposal of a vote of
censure. If this were the case, he thought it would
have been better to give notice of the present mo-
tions, and so to have taken a preliminary debate
upon the circumstances of the case. He had another
grouod of objection, and he would put it to the can-
dour of, the Honourable Gentleman, whether thedis-
cussion ought to be put off till after the decision of
the House upon the Catholic Question. ? He would
put it to any man, let him be as great a friend to
that question as the Right Honourable the Attorney-
General for Ireland might be, or let him be as much
opposed to it as the Honourable Gentleman himself,
whether he could wish it to be decided upon under
the feelings of irritation and distraction which now
existed in Ireland in consequence of the late trans-
actions in that country ? He hadthe understanding
to feel that it was a question which involved the hap-
piness and peace of Ireland, and therefore he desired
that it might be approached with the utmost reason
and calm deliberation., would put it to the Ho-
nourable Gentleman whether such would be the feel-
ings with which they approached it, if these matters
remained without any decision or consideration on
the part of the House of Commons?

Mr. BROW NLOW replied, that he thought he had
been perfectly clear in stating his intention of bring-
ing forward his ulterior measure before the debate
upon the question of Catholic Claims. With regard
to his har•ing given notice of the present motions, and
stating the purpose which he had with regard to the
Papers, he was not at all aware that such a course
was osuul, or expected, in. such cases.—The motion
*as then agreed to.
FOREIGN ENLISTMENT BILL.

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Mr. BROUGHAM intimated, that in consequence
Of the impottantcomMtiuication made to both llouses
orl'ailiameat that evening, be. had been instructed
by, it Friend -of his 41.4 rd Althorp) to postpone
Ashieb stood for Thursday, relating to the
repeil.4l the Foreign Enlistment Act.
- • . ASSESSED TAXES ACT.
r If* CH ANCELLOR theF,XCHEQVER moved
that the lLoase should revolves itself . i ia a Cum mince
upon she aboacilice. —The-House being in a Com-
mittee, the. Right Hon. Geotleamo stamp!' that he did
.
.notthi4k . to enter more tujjy into the
Pmetlie#.4o.liitalte iy. the Act, otter
*hat ballad already stated. to the douse. H: shot d